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11/02/2008 04:12 PM

Michael Tew dies in jail

By: Web Staff

Michael Tew dies in jail
ONONDAGA COUNTY -- One of the Cicero teens who pleaded guilty to bringing a loaded gun to school two years ago has died in jail.

Michael Tew, 19, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Onondaga County Justice Center Sunday morning.

Tew admitted to buying a gun from a classmate and bringing it to Cicero-North Syracuse High School in January 2006.

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He was sentenced to 60 days in jail and five years probation for that crime, but he was being held at the time on an arson charge and a probation violation.

According to the sheriff's office, a deputy found Tew while making his rounds. He was pronounced dead of an apparent suicide.

Sheriff's detectives and the New York State Commission on Corrections are investigating the death.