Two local individuals face methamphetamine charges in separate incidents Thursday.
In the first incident, Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department deputies stopped a vehicle just before midnight Thursday, on CR 500N, just west of Ind. 13 for a traffic violation. During the stop, a deputy noted items associated with the production of methamphetamine. Three "one pot" meth labs were also located inside the vehicle by Kosciusko County Drug Task Force officers.
Roger James Coleman, 37, of 9546 E. Wawasee Lane, Syracuse, was arrested and preliminarily charged with felony manufacturing methamphetamine. Drug Task Force officers immediately contacted the Indiana State Police Clandestine Lab team who arrived and secured the vehicle and meth items.
Coleman is currently being held in the Kosciusko County Jail on a $10,000 bond.
The Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department also was assisted by the North Webster Police Department.
In an earlier incident, Brandie Michelle Willard, 41, of 68349 CR 23, New Paris, was arrested on a shop lifting charge at a local business, at 12:46 p.m. Thursday.
She was wanted on a previously issued warrant for dealing methamphetamine, and was subsequently booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on a bond of $2,000. The Warsaw Police Department conducted the arrest.
The Kosciusko County Drug Task Force consist of officers from Warsaw, Syracuse and the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department that work as a multi-agency unit to combat the usage and sale of illegal and illicit drugs.
