BRENTWOOD – The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department announced the death of a suspected bank robber in custody from a possible drug overdose just hours after he was arrested by Salem police.
Mark Zraket, 54, of East Boston, Massachusetts, was arrested April 30 by Salem police on felony charges of theft by unauthorized taking of property valued in excess of $1,500, possession of suspected crack cocaine and being a fugitive of justice for a bank robbery he allegedly committed in Medford, Massachusetts, according to Salem police Capt. Jason Smith.
According to the sheriff’s office, Zraket was scheduled to be arraigned on the charges in Rockingham Superior Court later in the day April 30. During routine cell check at approximately 7:45 a.m., Zraket was discovered by a corrections officer to be unconscious and not breathing in his cell, according to the sheriff’s office.
UpdatedFri, May 7, 2021 at 9:12 am ET
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Mark Frederick Zraket of East Boston, Massachusetts, died while in custody at the Rockingham County Jail on April 30. The sheriff s department is investigating his death. (Shutterstock)
BRENTWOOD, NH The Rockingham County Sheriff s Office announced on Friday that it was investigating the death of a Massachusetts man in custody at the county jail on April 30.
Mark Frederick Zraket, 54, of East Boston, Massachusetts, was arrested around 11 p.m. on April 29 on a fugitive from just warrant out of Massachusetts as well as felony car theft and possession of a controlled drug charges.
Around 11 a.m., police were notified of a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu sedan from the LaQuinta Inn on Keewaydin Drive in Salem. Police put out an alert on the stolen vehicle, according to Capt. Jason Smith of the Salem Police Department, with Zraket as a suspect. Later in the day, a bank in Medford, MA, was robbed and police in that city chased the suspect s car, a