BENTONVILLE -- An inmate was found unresponsive in his cell in the Benton County Jail and pronounced dead at a local hospital, according to a news release from the Benton County Sheriff's Office.
Timothy Plank, 53, was found in the cell at 2 p.m. Friday and medical attention was immediately rendered by jail and medical staff, according to the release.
Plank was transported by ambulance to Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville, according to the release.
Plank's body will be taken to the Arkansas Crime Laboratory where an autopsy will be performed, according to the release.
He was being held in jail in connection with charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, aggravated assault on a correctional facility employee, possession of a controlled substance and obtaining drugs by fraud.
The Sheriff's Office's internal affairs division and criminal investigations division will be investigating Plank's death, according to the release.