STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – An inmate who attempted suicide last week in the Portage County Jail has died from his injuries.
Portage County District Attorney Louis J. Molepske, Jr. confirmed to WAOW-TV that Andrew D. Stanecki, 39, of Rhinelander, died on November 12th.
Stanecki attempted to hang himself in his jail cell on November 10th. He was found by a corrections officer during a cell-check. He was briefly revived and transported to a hospital, where he’d been receiving care for four days.
Online court records indicate Stanecki was in custody on charges of drug possession and fleeing an officer.
