According to a February 12, 2024 press release from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Detectives assigned to the Robbery & Homicide Unit are investigating the death of 37-year-old inmate Jesse Stout.
Detectives say Stout was booked into the Pinellas County Jail on September 29, 2023, for Domestic Battery, 2 counts of Violation of Pre-Trial Release, Tampering with a Witness, and Resisting an Officer without Violence.
On Saturday, February 10, 2024, at approximately 6:40 p.m., detention staff responded to a possible Fentanyl exposure within Pod 5 of C-Barracks at the Pinellas County Jail. Detectives say four inmates exhibited symptoms from the exposure and were transported to the hospital. Before one of the inmates left for the hospital he stated, “I snorted Fentanyl.”
Additionally, one nurse, three detention deputies, and a Largo Fire Department paramedic were treated for non-life-threatening symptoms. It appeared at the time that this was an isolated exposure, and it was contained within Pod 5. Pod 5 was evacuated and all inmates and areas within the pod were searched.