Crime & Safety
Douglasville Man Commits Suicide in Cherokee County Jail
William Leroy Engle was arrested on June 17 and charged with possession of a controlled substance and operating vehicle with a suspended/revoked license, records from the Cherokee County Detention Center show.
A Douglasville man committed suicide Tuesday inside his cell at the .
William Leroy Engle, 42, hanged himself, and authorities pronounced him dead on the scene, according to 11Alive and the .
He was arrested on June 17 and charged with possession of a controlled substance and operating vehicle with a suspended/revoked license, records from the show.
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Engle, who appeared in the , a weeknight feature on all three Cherokee Patch sites, also was being held for another agency, records indicate.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is handling the death investigation, reports from 11Alive and the Ledger-News say.
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