Charges have been filed by the Miami County Prosecutor's Office in connection with a death investigation that occurred on November 26, 2025.
Those charged are all in the Miami Correctional Facility:
Na-Son Smith, 33
- Murder - Murder
- Voluntary Manslaughter – Level 2 Felony
- Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
- Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
- Battery w/ a Deadly Weapon – Level 5 Felony
Matthew Shepard, 34
- Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
- Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
- Battery w/ a Deadly Weapon – Level 5 Felony
Sherman Thompson, 32
- Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
- Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
Anthony York, 24
- Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
- Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
- Battery w/ a Deadly Weapon – Level 5 Felony
Breon Davenport, 27
- Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
- Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
David Holder, 34
- Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
- Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
- Battery w/ a Deadly Weapon – Level 5 Felony
Victor Adamson-Scott, 35
- Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
- Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
Aaron Sawyer, 28
- Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
- Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
- Battery w/ a Deadly Weapon – Level 5 Felony
Tony Love, 42
- Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
- Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
- Battery w/ a Deadly Weapon – Level 5 Felony
Original press release - November 26, 2025
Miami – On November 26, from the Indiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division at the Peru Post initiated an investigation at the request of the Miami Correctional Facility into the death of inmate J Trinidad Ramirez, 36.
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