FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 30, 2025
On December 12, 2025, Brandon Gay and Robert Phillips, inmates at the Decatur County Detention Center, initiated a plan to have a detention deputy bring contraband into the facility.
An investigation ensued where the inmate’s established communication with David Shrout, where Shrout was to meet the detention deputy to provide the contraband to be brought into the facility. It was also established that the detention deputy would be paid through a cash app.
On December 18, 2025, communication took place where Shrout agreed to meet the detention deputy. Upon the arrival of Shrout at the meeting location, he was arrested by deputies of the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department with assistance from officers of the Greensburg Police Department.
Evidence located in Shrout’s vehicle was consistent with what was agreed to be brought into the detention center.
David M. R. Shrout, 18 years of age, 6584 N. Baseline Road, Osgood, IN was charged with: Trafficking with an Inmate (attempt) as a Level 5 Felony Dealing in Marijuana as a Class A Misdemeanor, and Possession of Marijuana as a Class B Misdemeanor
Brandon Joe Gay, 29 years of age, 8499 W. County Road 50 N., Greensburg, was charged with: Trafficking with an Inmate (Conspiracy) as a Leel 5 Felony, and Trafficking with an inmate (Attempt) as a Level 5 Felony
Robert Brady Phillips, 35 years of age, 8564 N. Spades Road, Milan, IN was charged with: Trafficking with an Inmate (Conspiracy) as a Leel 5 Felony, and Trafficking with an inmate (Attempt) as a Level 5 Felony Under the law, criminal charges are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed to be innocent unless and until they are proven guilty in a court of law.
