NYC -- Break-in suspect dies in cuffs

A disturbed man who was arrested for trying to break into an occupied car in Brooklyn died shortly after being handcuffed by cops, officials said yesterday. Craig Davis, 35, had a seizure as he was being arrested around 4 p.m. Thursday and died 90 minutes later at Brookdale University Hospital, police said. Several witnesses spotted Davis acting erratically as he walked along E. 95th St. in Remsen Village before he tried to get into a car stopped at a red light, police said. Responding to a 911 call of an attempted car theft, two 67th Precinct cops rushed to the scene and confronted Davis, who took a swing at one of them, police said. Davis was apprehended after a brief struggle and then went into his seizure. Paramedics sped him to Brookdale. The results of the autopsy performed by the city medical examiner were not released. Sources said Davis, who has a prior arrest for robbery, was believed to have been enrolled in a drug treatment program. It was not clear if he had other health problems, sources said. Several people who described themselves as members of Davis' family declined to talk at his Brownsville home yesterday. His death, which is still under investigation, came just four days after 43-year-old Jose Feliciano, an epileptic homeless man, was gunned down by a patrolman in East New York. [more]