March 11, 2019 10:25 PM

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A Long Island man accused of gouging out his grandmother's eyes and blinding her during a dispute over money has killed himself.

Authorities told Newsday that a guard at the Suffolk County Jail in Yaphank found 30-year-old Michael Grief hanging in his cell early Friday morning. Grief was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.