(La Porte County, IN) - A ruling has been made on the cause of a La Porte County Jail inmate's recent death. La Porte County Police said the death was from a drug overdose.

 

Johnathon Tripp, 42, was pulled over for a traffic violation about three weeks ago and, while stopped, ingested an illegal drug.

 

He was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and an active warrant out of Elkhart County.  The officer making the arrest, though, did not know he consumed the substance. 

 

After being taken to the county jail, police said Tripp, several hours later, was discovered in need of emergency medical attention before dying a short time later at the hospital.

 

The drug overdose ruling was based on the recent findings of an autopsy.

 

Tripp was from Argos, but previously lived in Niles, Michigan.