COAL TOWNSHIP - Fred Joseph Mebs, 55, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, was pronounced dead at 3:40 a.m. Sunday by Northumberland County Coroner James F. Kelley at the prison.
The coroner said Mebs' death showed no signs of foul play. Kelley attributed the manner of death to natural causes. An autopsy and toxicology testing will not be conducted, Kelley said.