The Jennings County Sheriff’s Department is reporting that there were 10 overdoses between 6 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. last night and one person has died after being treated with Narcan.

Lt. Mike Mowery, spokesman for the sheriff’s department, says that nine people were treated with Narcan, a drug that counteracts the effects of opiate overdoses. A 52-year-old North Vernon woman was found unresponsive and not breathing. Deputies administered the drug and performed CPR, but she was pronounced dead at St. Vincent Jennings Hospital.

Mowery said that the exact cause of that woman’s death has not yet been confirmed.

Mowery said there two drug overdoses in Center Township, two overdoses in Geneva Township and five in Spencer Township.

Deputies made several arrests including:

• Jarvie Williams III, 23, of North Vernon, faces preliminary charges of possession of a controlled substance, a syringe and drug paraphernalia along with a Jennings County warrant.:
• Damon Clark, 25, of North Vernon faces preliminary charges of possession of a controlled substance and paraphernalia.
• Caleb Barton, 18, of North Vernon faces a preliminary charge of possession of a controlled substance. :
• Devin R. Fear, 21, of North Vernon faces a preliminary charge of possession of a controlled substance.

Mowery also said that a 16-year-old male, a 16-year-old female and a 17-year-old male were administered Narcan by Jennings County Deputies and Rescue 20. They were transported to St. Vincent Jennings Hospital and later released.

Mowery said that almost all of the overdose cases involved heroin and/or fentanyl. A similar outbreak happened overnight in Seymour and in Cincinnati, according to news reports.