Former corrections officer indicted by AG’s Office
By Adam Black - ablack@aimmediamidwest.com
PORTSMOUTH — A former Scioto County Sheriff’s Office corrections officer has been indicted on felony charges for his role in the death of a jail inmate.
Billy Thompson was indicted by a Scioto County grand jury Friday, April 16, on charges of murder, an unclassified felony; voluntary manslaughter, a felony of the first degree; and reckless homicide, a felony of the third degree. If convicted, Thompson could get 15 years to life in prison.
Bailey, a 56-year-old from Portsmouth, died after a May 26 altercation with officers. He died at a Columbus hospital that following Monday, his autopsy revealing “complications of blunt force trauma to his head, neck and torso,” to be the causes of death and was investigated by the BCI as a homicide.