Staff Report

Nathaniel Phillip Trott

Ronald Lee Bailey

WARSAW — Two local men face drug charges after an overdose at the Kosciusko County Jail.

Nathaniel Phillip Trott, 29, 40 EMS B6 Lane, Leesburg, is charged with dealing a narcotic drug, a level 4 felony.

Ronald Lee Bailey, 54, 9329 S. Packerton Road, Claypool, is charged with possession of a narcotic drug, a level 6 felony; and possession of a narcotic drug with enhancing circumstances, a level 5 felony.

On May 20, an Indiana State Police trooper was contacted by KCJ staff about an overdose which occurred that day in the jail.

A KCJ sergeant said an inmate alerted them to Bailey being unconscious in his cell. Officers administered Narcan to Bailey, who became responsive and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

According to court documents, multiple people in the jail block where the overdose occurred identified Trott as the individual who brought drugs into the jail. Several inmates also said Trott still had drugs on his person.

Trott was then taken to a local hospital to determine if he had any drugs in or on his person. Trott refused a medical examination and Xray results were inconclusive.

In Bailey’s cell, officers found fentanyl, a narcotic drug, in Bailey’s legal mail.

The ISP trooper interviewed three inmates housed in the block where the overdose occurred. Two of the inmates said a person named Nathan was suspected of bringing drugs into the jail. The third inmate said the other inmates were sure Trott had drugs on him due to the amount of commissary items he had in his cell.

Upon being provided a photo lineup, two of the inmates identified Trott as the person who brought drugs into the jail block.

Trott was previously convicted of methamphetamine dealing, narcotic drug possession, and paraphernalia possession in Kosciusko County. He also has an active criminal case for methamphetamine and paraphernalia possession.

Bailey was previously convicted of methamphetamine dealing in Kosciusko County in July 2014.

For this case, Bailey and Trott were both booked in KCJ on Nov. 2.