Prison inmate dies in Northern Nevada
The sign near the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. (Courtesy, Nevada Department of Corrections)
An inmate died Friday morning in Northern Nevada, the Nevada Corrections Department said.
Paul E. Stone, 44, died Friday at 11:38 a.m. at the Regional Medical Facility in the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City, the department said in a statement.
Stone was committed from Clark County in 2005 and was serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for attempted sexual assault of a victim younger than 16 and lewdness with a minor, the statement said.
An autopsy has been scheduled with the Carson City sheriff’s office, and Stone’s family has been notified, the department said.
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