Warsaw Man, Serving Time In New Castle Prison, Dies
February 25, 2020 at 3:54 a.m.
Warsaw Man, Serving Time In New Castle Prison, Dies
By Amanda [email protected]
Brandon Gregory Nissley, 23, of 111 Canterbury Lane, Warsaw, was serving a four-year sentence at the New Castle Correctional Facility for a Level 4 felony sexual misconduct with a minor conviction. Nissley’s incarceration began after he entered into a plea deal with Kosciusko County prosecutors and was sentenced by Kosciusko Superior Court I Judge David Cates Feb. 21, 2019.
According to New Castle Correctional Facility Public Information Officer Myra Strobel, Nissley’s earliest release date was Feb. 7, 2022, and his maximum release date was July 22, 2022.
Nissley was pronounced dead at 1:02 a.m. Sunday at the Henry County Community Hospital in New Castle, according to Henry County Coroner Steve Hacker.
A statement from Strobel about Nissley’s death said that an autopsy confirmed Nissley’s cause of death was “related to a serious medical condition.” However, Hacker said that’s not true.
“With his young age, they found no real major physical ailments,” Hacker said. “His cause of death at this point is pending toxicology tests.”
Hacker said those tests take about four to six weeks to get results, but that if those results come back clear, his office will have to go back to the pathologist to try to determine a cause of death.
Hacker said there were no injuries to Nissley’s body and that the prison had transported him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
New Castle Correctional Facility is a medium-security, privately run prison that opened in 2017 and houses 3,100 inmates.
Strobel said when an inmate is in medical distress, staff perform life-saving measures and call for on-site assistance while outside emergency services also are contacted. Whether or not Nissley was found dead in his cell, or if life-saving measures were performed, went unanswered. Strobel added that if the death was “not expected, then a full investigation is conducted.”
Nissley’s grandfather, Lloyd Nissley of Nappanee, claims his grandson has had several asthma attacks while in custody in New Castle. Lloyd also said that Brandon’s mother was visiting her son at the prison Saturday afternoon and that Nissley was wheeled out in a wheelchair, and by Saturday night, he was dead.
On July 23, 2018, Warsaw police were told by two minors that Nissley raped one of the children on July 4, 2018. When police spoke with Nissley, according to court records, he admitted he did that.
A Level 3 felony rape charge was dismissed as part of Nissley’s plea agreement.
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Brandon Gregory Nissley, 23, of 111 Canterbury Lane, Warsaw, was serving a four-year sentence at the New Castle Correctional Facility for a Level 4 felony sexual misconduct with a minor conviction. Nissley’s incarceration began after he entered into a plea deal with Kosciusko County prosecutors and was sentenced by Kosciusko Superior Court I Judge David Cates Feb. 21, 2019.
According to New Castle Correctional Facility Public Information Officer Myra Strobel, Nissley’s earliest release date was Feb. 7, 2022, and his maximum release date was July 22, 2022.
Nissley was pronounced dead at 1:02 a.m. Sunday at the Henry County Community Hospital in New Castle, according to Henry County Coroner Steve Hacker.
A statement from Strobel about Nissley’s death said that an autopsy confirmed Nissley’s cause of death was “related to a serious medical condition.” However, Hacker said that’s not true.
“With his young age, they found no real major physical ailments,” Hacker said. “His cause of death at this point is pending toxicology tests.”
Hacker said those tests take about four to six weeks to get results, but that if those results come back clear, his office will have to go back to the pathologist to try to determine a cause of death.
Hacker said there were no injuries to Nissley’s body and that the prison had transported him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
New Castle Correctional Facility is a medium-security, privately run prison that opened in 2017 and houses 3,100 inmates.
Strobel said when an inmate is in medical distress, staff perform life-saving measures and call for on-site assistance while outside emergency services also are contacted. Whether or not Nissley was found dead in his cell, or if life-saving measures were performed, went unanswered. Strobel added that if the death was “not expected, then a full investigation is conducted.”
Nissley’s grandfather, Lloyd Nissley of Nappanee, claims his grandson has had several asthma attacks while in custody in New Castle. Lloyd also said that Brandon’s mother was visiting her son at the prison Saturday afternoon and that Nissley was wheeled out in a wheelchair, and by Saturday night, he was dead.
On July 23, 2018, Warsaw police were told by two minors that Nissley raped one of the children on July 4, 2018. When police spoke with Nissley, according to court records, he admitted he did that.
A Level 3 felony rape charge was dismissed as part of Nissley’s plea agreement.
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