PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Pinellas County inmate died Sunday after seven inmates, a nurse, detention officers and a paramedic were exposed to fentanyl over the weekend , according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
Staff members at the Pinellas County Jail responded to a possible fentanyl exposure after four inmates in one of the pods showed symptoms, deputies said. All four inmates were taken to a hospital.
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One of the inmates said, “I snorted Fentanyl” before he was taken to the hospital, according to the sheriff’s office.
In addition to the four inmates, a nurse, three detention deputies, and a Largo Fire Department paramedic were also treated for non-life-threatening symptoms of exposure, deputies said.
On Sunday, three more inmates in a second pod showed symptoms of exposure, deputies said. One of the inmates, 37-year-old Jesse Stout, was found unresponsive. The three inmates were taken to a hospital, where Stout died.
Two of the inmates remained hospitalized as of Monday afternoon, deputies said. All others were returned to the jail, which was inspected and deemed safe.