MAYVILLE, N.Y. -- The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office is investigating how an inmate committed suicide Thursday night at the county jail. Sheriff Joe Gerace said Robert Gee, 52, of Dunkirk, was rushed to Westfield Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Gee was brought to the jail Wednesday night on an assault charge stemming from a domestic incident. Gerace said the sheriff's office will conduct an investigation and its findings will be turned over to the state Commission of Correction.