State police investigating prisoner's death in Wayne County Jail

RICHMOND, Ind. — Indiana State Police are investigating the death of a prisoner in the Wayne County jail.

According to a news release, the ISP probe began shortly before 5 a.m. Friday after staff members at the jail found 36-year-old Andrew Scott Taylor "unresponsive."

Efforts to resuscitate the prisoner proved unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead.

Richmond Fire/EMS personnel were called to the jail.

Wayne County Sheriff Randy Ritter asked that state police investigate the death.

"This is an active and ongoing investigation," the release — issued by ISP at 11:46 p.m. Friday — said. "No foul play is suspected."

According to court records, Taylor, of Richmond, was set to stand trial Aug. 20, in Wayne Circuit Court, on six charges filed in August 2023 — possession of meth, possession of a narcotic drug, resisting law enforcement, unlawful carrying of a handgun and two counts of pointing a firearm.