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Six months of investigation led to the arrests of two men on charges of dealing crack cocaine from a local business Monday evening.
Phillip Frank Fozo, 45, of 3631 E. Pierceton Road, Warsaw, and Michael Carlos Parker, 41, of 3620 Barbee Lake Road, North Webster, allegedly sold crack cocaine from the Barbee Hotel, 3620 N. Barbee Road, Warsaw.
Fozo was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail Monday at 5:31 p.m. on one charge of dealing cocaine/narcotics less than three grams, a Class B felony.
Parker was booked into the jail at 5:58 p.m. Monday for possession of narcotic drug/cocaine (a Class D felony) and two counts of dealing cocaine/narcotics (Class B felonies).
Both men are being held on bonds of $10,000.
According to the Kosciusko County Drug Task Force, crack cocaine reportedly was purchased from both Fozo and Parker during the investigation.
The Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department and the Kosciusko County Prosecutor's office assisted the Kosciusko County Drug Task Force in the investigation.
Anyone with information about illegal drug activity in the Kosciusko County area is encouraged to call the drug task force at 574-372-2492, or the sheriff's department at 574-267-5667.
