Pierceton Woman Faces Charges After 'Crack' Bust
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Drug Task Force officers made the largest crack-cocaine bust in Kosciusko County history Tuesday afternoon.
Acting on tips, police seized about 49 crack rocks from Donna Anderson's Pierceton residence. A task force officer said the crack was packaged for sale in amounts typically sold for $20 and $50.
Police also found marijuana, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia at the residence.
Anderson, 29, of 419 Village St., Pierceton, was arrested and booked into Kosciusko County Jail on charges of dealing in cocaine, a Class A felony; dealing in marijuana, a Class D felony; possession of methamphetamine, a Class D felony; and maintaining a common nuisance.
Crack cocaine is "a problem just starting to get into our county," a task force officer said. "Once it's here, it only gets worse."
The officer said one problem with crack is that it is highly addictive. Property crimes often increase in areas with many crack-cocaine addicts.
Also arrested at the residence were Sondra K. Heyse, 43, of 920 Anchorage Road, Warsaw, for possession of marijuana; and Shawn Shepherd, 24, on a Whitley County theft warrant.
To report information on illegal drugs, contact the Kosciusko County Drug Task Force at 372-2494 or the sheriff's department at 267-5667. [[In-content Ad]]
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Drug Task Force officers made the largest crack-cocaine bust in Kosciusko County history Tuesday afternoon.
Acting on tips, police seized about 49 crack rocks from Donna Anderson's Pierceton residence. A task force officer said the crack was packaged for sale in amounts typically sold for $20 and $50.
Police also found marijuana, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia at the residence.
Anderson, 29, of 419 Village St., Pierceton, was arrested and booked into Kosciusko County Jail on charges of dealing in cocaine, a Class A felony; dealing in marijuana, a Class D felony; possession of methamphetamine, a Class D felony; and maintaining a common nuisance.
Crack cocaine is "a problem just starting to get into our county," a task force officer said. "Once it's here, it only gets worse."
The officer said one problem with crack is that it is highly addictive. Property crimes often increase in areas with many crack-cocaine addicts.
Also arrested at the residence were Sondra K. Heyse, 43, of 920 Anchorage Road, Warsaw, for possession of marijuana; and Shawn Shepherd, 24, on a Whitley County theft warrant.
To report information on illegal drugs, contact the Kosciusko County Drug Task Force at 372-2494 or the sheriff's department at 267-5667. [[In-content Ad]]