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November 8, 2005 (TIPTON, Ind.) - Court documents say a Tipton County jailer is accused of providing OxyContin to an inmate who later was found dead.

The jailer is 24-year-old Thomas D. Owens Junior. He was being held Monday on 100-thousand dollars bond in the Howard County Jail in Kokomo on charges of trafficking contraband, including two felony counts of trafficking controlled substances. ...

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Tipton (AP) - A Tipton County jailer is accused of providing OxyContin to an inmate who later was found dead, according to court documents.

The jailer, Thomas D. Owens Jr., 24, was being held Monday on $100,000 bond in the Howard County Jail in Kokomo on charges of tr...

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