NEW YORK (AP) -- A jail guard accused of skipping her rounds and falsifying the logbook to cover it up was charged Monday in connection with the death of a mentally ill inmate in his stifling 101-degree Rikers Island cell.
Carol Lackner faces multiple counts of falsifying business records, filing a false instrument and official misconduct charges for falsely indicating she checked on homeless ex-Marine Jerome Murdough and other inmates every half hour Feb. 14 even though video didn't show her doing so, according to prosecutors.
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The Associated Press first reported the shocking death of the 56-year-old Murdough in the overheated cell, after a city official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Murdough "basically baked to death" when he was left unchecked for at least four hours overnight as malfunctioning equipment caused his cell to overheat.
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