Coralville – An inmate serving a sentence out of Cherokee County has died in prison. The Iowa Department of Corrections, Sunday, said 28-year-old Anthony William Geltz was pronounced dead due to apparent suicide at approximately 11:04 p.m., Saturday, August 7th. His death occurred at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center, in Coralville.

Geltz had been serving a 2 year sentence for the crime Assault Causing Injury – Peace Officers/Others from Cherokee County.  His sentence began on December 17, 2020. The department investigates all suicides within its correctional facilities.