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Inmate serving time for assault in Northern Nevada dies

Ronald Bonds. (Nevada Department of Corrections)

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By Max Michor / Las Vegas Review-Journal

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A Nevada Department of Corrections inmate serving time for assault died this week in Carson City.

Ronald Bonds, 72, was transferred from the Northern Nevada Correctional Center to a hospital in Carson City before his death on Tuesday, according to NDOC spokeswoman Brooke Santina. Bonds was imprisoned in October 2017 and was serving a one- to three-year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon.

The Carson City coroner will determine his cause and manner of death.

Contact Max Michor at 702-383-0365 or mmichor@reviewjournal.com. Follow @MaxMichor on Twitter.

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