Joseph Balbuzoski
Joseph Balbuzoski was 37 when he died in March 2007 while held at a correctional facility in Erie County. A 2017 Buffalo News article reports that he died of a stroke. People held at the facility who spoke with lawyers preparing a lawsuit against the county say officers forced his head against a wall and denied him medical attention before he died. These accounts come from the people who spoke to the lawyers, and the article attributes them to those people.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). The article reports he died of a stroke, but inmates who spoke with lawyers preparing a lawsuit against the county say officers forced his head against a wall and denied him medical attention before he died.
Reported by: news reports article; inmates who spoke with lawyers preparing a lawsuit against the county.