Delaware State Police are investigating after a 72-year-old Milton man suffered a “medical event” in their custody and later died.
Police went to Old Inlet Bait and Tackle Shop, near the Indian River Inlet at 25012 Coastal Highway, at about 10 a.m. Wednesday after learning Stanley Bradley was there. Bradley was wanted on an outstanding warrant for second-degree rape involving a child and “was very cooperative and was taken into custody without incident,” Master Cpl. Heather Pepper said in a news release.
Bradley was placed in the front seat of a police car, with one detective driving and the other in the back seat, according to Pepper. As they drove north on Route 1 to Troop 3 in Camden, around Johnson Road in Lincoln, Bradley requested they pull the car over because “he thought was suffering from a medical event,” Pepper said.
The officers “immediately pulled over and both exited the vehicle to check on Bradley, who was now unconscious,” Pepper said. One called 911 and the other performed CPR until EMS arrived and took Bradley to Bayhealth Sussex Campus, according to Pepper.
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He died there at about 6 p.m.
“Bradley had a long medical history and had been hospitalized multiple times during the last year for cardiac issues,” Pepper said.
His body was turned over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science and, according to Pepper, the medical examiner ruled Bradley died from natural causes, pending a toxicology examination.
“There was nothing suspicious and no signs of trauma found during the investigation,” she said.
Delaware State Police continue to investigate, pending the toxicology results.
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