Two Mahoning jail inmates overdose, third inmate charged

YOUNGSTOWN

Two Mahoning County jail inmates suffered non-fatal overdoses in the jail from a drug believed to be fentanyl, with a third inmate now charged in this case with smuggling the drug into the lockup, said County Sheriff Jerry Greene.

The two inmates who overdosed were revived with Narcan by a jail nurse at 5:20 p.m. Monday, said Maj. Jeff Allen of the county sheriff’s office.

The two inmates who overdosed are back in the jail after having been taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for observation, Allen said.

Inmate Victor M. Slocum, 22, now faces new charges of illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse into a detention facility, corrupting another with drugs and drug trafficking, Allen said.