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9 charged in Miami Correctional Facility death investigation

Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM

By Staff report

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.