Five area people were arrested over the weekend on separate drug-related charges.
The first arrest occurred Sunday at 9 p.m. as undercover Drug Task Force officers purchased methamphetamine from two individuals in Leesburg.
Robert Lee Pickens, 34, of 5505 CR 100S, Warsaw, and Carrie Sinae Finken, 34, of 7800 CR 350W, Columbia City, were both arrested and preliminarily charged with dealing methamphetamine. Pickens was also arrested for possession of methamphetamine and is being held without bond on an outstanding parole violation warrant from the Department of Corrections.
Finken's bond was set at $20,000. Pickens' bond was set at $10,000.
The second arrest occurred today at 1:40 a.m. near the intersection of Scott Street and Winona Avenue, Warsaw.
Undercover Drug Task Force officers arrested Christopher J. Creekmore, 39, of 8280 U.S. 30, Pierceton, and Eric Michael Cartwright, 23, of 54733 Kristi Lane, Osceola, for felony dealing cocaine. Creekmore was also arrested on an outstanding warrant for theft and being a habitual offender.
Creekmore's and Cartwright's bonds were set at $20,000 each.
Kosciusko County Sheriff's Dept. deputies arrested the fifth individual at approximately 2:20 a.m. today in connection to a previous meth lab incident Jan. 25.
James Leroy Horn, 46, of 7388 N. Blacks Court East, North Webster, was arrested at his residence by officers on dealing and possession of methamphetamine.
Horn's bond was set at $100,000.
The Kosciusko County Drug Task Force was assisted by officers from Warsaw, Winona Lake and the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department.
