Lance H. Roberts
Name: Lance H. Roberts
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 01/19/2004
Location: 1618 Springfield Ave
Maplewood, New Jersey, 7040
County: Essex
Agency: Maplewood Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Suicide
Media summary: Lance Roberts was arrested on criminal warrants and taken to police headquarters. He then was charged with the burglary of a Maplewood residence. He was placed alone in a holding cell, where an officer later found him hanged. Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system.
Unique ID: 21696
News article: Link
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