RILEY COUNTY —Law enforcement in Riley County are investigating a Kansas felon on new allegations after an arrest.
Just after 4:30a.m. March 13, the Riley County Dispatch Center received a call from the Riley County Jail advising an inmate was not breathing and lacked a pulse, according to a media release from the RCPD.
Emergency medical services were dispatched to render aid while Riley County Police Department Officers were dispatched to secure the scene.
First responders were able to revive the inmate to stable condition. Through the course of an investigation it was determined the inmate had obtained the controlled substance from a fellow inmate, Joseph Keehn, 30, of Junction City.
On Thursday, officers arrested Keehn on a Riley County District Court warrant for trafficking contraband in a correction/care facility and distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm
Keehn is being held on a $125,000 bond. He has previous convictions for aggravated assault, obstruction, theft and drug possession., according to the Kansas Department of Corrections
The Riley County Police Department department has begun researching additional procedures and technologies to help eliminate controlled substances from inside it's jail facility.