JNET makes two drug-related arrests
The Bartholomew County Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team arrested two people after serving an arrest warrant for an area man wanted on federal weapon charges.
On Wednesday, JNET and agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency and Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms were conducting surveillance on the Jonesville Road home of 40-year-old Shawn Miller. Agents reported seeing Miller and two other men leave in a vehicle. Columbus Police Department’s ILP (Intelligence Led Policing) officers and Indiana State Police all Crimes Policing Unit (ACP) conducted a traffic stop and Miller was taken into custody without incident.
JNET and ISP units remained at Millers residence and made contact with a woman, 31-year-old Amie Chapman, of Lake Wales, Florida. Officers reported seeing a white powdery substance, a green plant-like substance and pills in plain view.
Once the residence was secured, officers reported finding approximately six ounces of methamphetamine, approximately two grams of heroin, multiple pills, marijuana and paraphernalia.
Miller was transported to the Bartholomew County Jail on preliminary charges of:
Shawn Miller was taken into custody on preliminary charges of:
Dealing in Methamphetamine
Possession Methamphetamine
Possession of Heroin
Possession Paraphernalia
Possession of a Controlled Substance
Possession of a Legend Drug
Possession of Marijuana
Maintaining a Common Nuisance
Federal Warrant on Weapons Charges
Miller has since been transported him to Marion County.
Chapman remains behind bars on preliminary charges of:
Possession of Methamphetamine
Possession of Marijuana
Possession of Paraphernalia
Maintain a Common Nuisance
“This is a perfect example of multiple agencies working well together and conducting a complete and thorough case. ISPs ACP unit and JNET have been working closely on multiple cases. Information sharing, among ACP, JNET and CPDs COPS unit, has been a huge asset in these investigation, said Bartholomew County Sheriff Matt Myers.
JNET, the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team, is a combined unit of the Bartholomew County Sheriffs Office, the Columbus Police Department and the Bartholomew County Prosecutors Office. JNET proactively targets the manufacturing and abuse of dangerous drugs in Columbus and Bartholomew County.