Yakov Ostrovsky
Name: Yakov Ostrovsky
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 07/03/2000
Location: Metropolitan Blvd & I-195 & Friendship Rd
Baltimore, Maryland, 21240
County: Anne Arundel
Agency: Maryland Transportation Authority Police
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: A lawsuit claimed officers beat to death Yakov Ostrovsky after he led police on a chase from the Fort McHenry Tunnel to Baltimore-Washington International Airport. The Anne Arundel County state's attorney's office reviewed the case because Ostrovsky died at BWI, but concluded "no criminal charges were warranted or appropriate."
Unique ID: 21440
News article: Link
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