12-20-2009 Pennsylvania:Somerset County Jail inmate Roger Most Jr. committed suicide Sunday morning, according to officials.
Most was found dead around 3:25 a.m. The incident is being investigated by county Coroner Wallace Miller and Somerset Borough Police. An autopsy is expected to be performed today, according to county Solicitor Dan Rullo.
Most, 42, Salisbury, was in jail on charges that he sexually assaulted a child, set a Berlin mobile home on fire and physically assaulted emergency medical technicians in September.
Rullo said Most was on a suicide watch when he first arrived in jail in October.
“After an evaluation by a psychiatrist, that was taken off,” Rullo said.
Most was then placed with the jail’s general population and was observed by guards every 30 minutes. Rullo said he was recently placed in a cell by himself for disciplinary reasons.
“He was in his cell alone when this (suicide) occurred,” Rullo said.
On Nov. 23 Most’s attorney, William Carroll, requested a bail reduction to allow Most to obtain mental health counseling. The court agreed, if Most was electronically monitored. Most rejected monitoring and remained in jail.
Most’s charges include statutory sexual assault, sexual assault, indecent assault, indecent exposure and corruption of minors for a Sept. 9 incident in which police say Most engaged in sexual acts with a 9-year-old.
Most is also charged with burglary, criminal trespass, theft by unlawful taking, arson, criminal mischief, theft by receiving stolen property and harassment and stalking for an incident in which police say he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home in Movilla Estates in Berlin and set fire to a bed and couch on the morning of Sept. 23.
In the third case, Most is charged with three counts each of aggravated assault and simple assault, and one count each of recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct, harassment and public drunkenness. Police said that on the evening of Sept. 23, Most fought, kicked or bit EMTs rushing him to Meyersdale Medical Center by ambulance for a possible drug overdose. He is also accused of fighting with emergency room personnel.
The last suicide in the jail occurred in March 2007 when William Cornell hanged himself. ..Source.. by RICK KAZMER
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