Woman accused of providing drugs to Tarrant County Jail inmates arrested
FORT WORTH, Texas - Authorities have arrested an outside vendor employee at the Tarrant County Jail who is accused of providing drugs for inmates.
Aaliyah Lyles is facing drug charges and possession of a prohibited substance or item in a correctional Facility.
Lyles was arrested in August after an inmate was taken to JPS Hospital for what is believed to have been a narcotics overdose. The inmate survived.
After several interviews, investigators said it was found that an outside vendor, Lyles, brought the drugs into the jail.
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The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office also said this investigation led them to learn more about the death of 23-year-old Trelynn Wormley, who died at JPS Hospital on July 20.
Wormley had been in custody since January and his mother said he had a history of mental illness.
Investigators said Wormley "may have taken an illegal narcotic that had been smuggled into the jail."