Kyle Overmyer: The Sheriff Who Became the Inmate

Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel · Sep 8, 2026 · 1h 20m

Kyle Overmyer was once one of the youngest sheriffs in Ohio, a former narcotics officer who worked undercover, bought kilos of cocaine, and built a reputation for taking drug dealers off the streets.

Then his own life began to unravel.

What started with a legitimate prescription for painkillers turned into opioid addiction. Kyle says he began doctor-shopping, stealing Percocet from his father, and eventually going through prescription drugs surrendered to law enforcement inside his own sheriff’s office.

In 2016, everything collapsed.

Kyle was hit with a 43-count indictment, booked through the…