INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis police officers arrested 12 people on drug and weapons charges Tuesday evening while executing a search warrant on the Near Northside.
East District narcotics officers served the warrant just before 6 p.m. Tuesday at a home in the 2300 block of Guilford Avenue.
Inside, according to the incident report, police found suspected cocaine, marijuana, cash, a suspected crack pipe and a 9mm handgun.
They also found 12 people, who were arrested on a variety of charges ranging from possession of a controlled substance, possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, possession/cultivation of marijuana and maintaining/visiting a common nuisance.
The arrestees follow:
- Leon S. Motley, 38
- Stacey L. Rhodes, 45
- Niya Ann Jones, 41
- Lenora Jean Hicks, 44
- Melissa Ann Turcotte, 31
- Donnicole M. Mitchell, 41
- Taleah Cheatham, 40
- Alfie Plachette Vaden, 45
- Antwan McLay, 43
- Melvin Dowd Turcotte, 33
- Anthony J. Morman, 27
- Tron Harris, 29
As of Wednesday evening, formal charges had not yet been filed in the case.
Despite a year of violence poised to again set the all-time homicide record, the Near Northside has so far gone without a single murder this year. See our neighborhood homicide map here.
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