Baltimore county jail?s medical care questioned after man dies in cell

Published May 28, 2008 4:00am ET



A Halethorpe man was supposed to be checked every 15 minutes while held at the Baltimore County Detention Center, because of a heart condition and a history of seizures.

But internal jail surveillance video obtained by The Examiner shows when Michael Payne, 45, had a heart attack and died there Dec. 30, it took staff more than two hours to tend to his dead body.

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