Former Correctional Officer Arrested After Allegations Of Trafficking With An Inmate

Last updated on Tuesday, June 5, 2018

(SULLIVAN CO.) - A former Wabash Valley Correctional Facility corrections officer has been arrested for allegedly trafficking with an inmate.

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On Friday, officials were interviewing Nathaniel Tryon who confessed to trafficking tobacco with an offender on more than one occasion.

When investigators searched his car, they they found marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and about half a pound of loose tobacco wrapped in plastic.

Tryon was arrested and taken to the Sullivan County Jail on charges of trafficking with an inmate, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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