Overview

• Musa Cetin, 29, was found unresponsive at 8:33 p.m. in a Midtown South Precinct cell after arrest on warrants tied to unlicensed pedicab operation and died Sunday at Bellevue, with NYPD officials saying he was found hanged as OCME reviews the cause.
• Christopher Nieves, 46, was pronounced dead around 10:15 p.m. in a Brooklyn Criminal Court holding cell after an arrest over food theft, with OCME determining cause as law enforcement sources describe a medical episode.
• Police say officers had checked on Cetin roughly 14 minutes before he was discovered, reporting him in good condition during routine cell inspections.
• The Department of Correction said Rikers detainee Jimmy Avila, 44, died the next day at the West Facility and opened an investigation as Legal Aid criticized notification practices and noted his reported mental-health issues.
• Gothamist reports that these cases come during stepped-up policing of minor offenses, with petit larceny arrests on pace to break records, and Cetin’s lawyer says he was a Turkish citizen who had recently applied for asylum.