Robert Droz, 70, an inmate in the Polk County Jail since last April, died shortly after midnight Tuesday at Bartow Regional Medical Center, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office reports.

Droz, who’s most recent address was 220. W. Vine St., Bartow, was taken to the hospital on Feb. 1 due to respiratory distress. He has been jailed in the infirmary in the Central County Jail since he was first incarcerated. He had been taken to Bartow Regional Medical Center six times. He had filled out a do not resuscitate order, the sheriff’s office reports.