Man dies at DuPage County jail

A DuPage County jail detainee died Feb. 10, the same day he entered the facility, officials said Wednesday.

According to the sheriff’s, the man was taken into custody around 4:30 p.m. that day. At 5:30 p.m., he “experienced a medical emergency,” officials said in a news release.

He was taken to Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, and later pronounced dead, the sheriff’s office reported.

The DuPage County state’s attorney’s office and a sheriff’s spokesman identified the man as 46-year-old David Kamien.

A judge convicted him last week of felony theft of more than $100,000 but less than $500,000, and felony identity theft.

According to court records, the charges were filed in 2019 and alleged Kamien stole at least $135,000 from his employer between 2014 and 2017. Court documents indicate Kamien lived near Lombard at the time.

The criminal case record does not contain information about Kamien’s death, but a civil case in which he was a defendant contains a note indicating that the presiding judge was told of the death Wednesday.

The DuPage County coroner’s office has not responded to a request for information.