Contractor who brought drugs to Tarrant Jail being investigated, sheriff says
The death of a 23-year-old who was held at the Tarrant County Jail was possibly caused by a fentanyl overdose, Sheriff Bill Waybourn told a local TV station.
Trelynn Wormley was found unresponsive in his cell just before 4 p.m. on July 20.
His cause of death has not yet been determined, according to Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office records, but the sheriff told KXAS-TV that he died of an apparent fentanyl overdose, the station reported.
In August, Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office arrested Aaliyah Lyles, 25, for concealing narcotics and providing drugs to a 20-year-old inmate inside the Tarrant County Jail. That inmate was hospitalized in August and survived, according to a search warrant that was obtained by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Two different inmates told investigators that drugs were being smuggled into the jail and they both described Lyles as being the person to do that, according to the warrant. Lyles was bringing in percocet pills, which the warrant says can be counterfeited to contain fentanyl.
She would put the pills into envelopes, which she would sneak to inmates through the commissary, according to the warrant.
While her car was being searched, Lyles told detectives that an inmate offered to pay for her hair to get done. He told her to call someone outside of the jail, and that person offered Lyles $200 to sneak the drugs in, the warrant says.
The investigation also revealed that Wormley may have taken drugs that was smuggled into the jail a few days prior, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
Lyles faces two charges of drug possession and one charge of bringing a prohibited substance into the jail. She has not been charged with Wormley’s death, but the NBC station reported it is still under investigation.
This story was originally published September 9, 2022 at 3:11 PM.
