EMS and deputies responded to the Scioto County Jail after an inmate overdosed just before 3 am. Workers at the jail administered three doses of Narcan to revive the victim. EMS transported the victim to the hospital, and a deputy followed. The officers waited at the hospital until the inmate was cleared and returned him […]
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