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Inmate, 52, dies in Northern Nevada

A Nevada inmate serving up to nine years for possession of a stolen vehicle died Thursday, according to Nevada Department of Corrections officials.

Jay Golden, a 52-year-old Northern Nevada Correctional Center inmate, died on Thursday at the Regional Medical Facility, according to a NDOC news release. His cause of death will be released by a Carson City coroner.

Golden was sentenced to between three and a half years to nine years in prison for possession of a stolen vehicle in Clark County, NDOC said. He had been in prison since November 2011.

Contact Ricardo Torres at rtorres@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0381. Find him on Twitter: @rickytwrites.

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