INDIANAPOLIS — An investigation into jailhouse phone calls led Marion County authorities to uncover a drug trafficking scheme involving a detention deputy, an inmate, and a series of cash-for-contraband exchanges.
Detention Deputy Bryce Byrdsong, was arrested September 16 after admitting to smuggling Suboxone strips into the Adult Detention Center (ADC) for inmate Devaun Clay.
According to court records, investigators began monitoring calls in July between Clay and a woman identified only as I.B., who discussed coordinating drug deliveries with a jail employee named “Bryce.”…