11 people sentenced for drug trafficking in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS (WIBC) — Eleven individuals from Indianapolis have been sentenced to federal jail after pleading responsible to prices associated to drug trafficking in Indianapolis.

Within the fall of 2019, federal brokers started investigating a number of individuals suspected of drug trafficking within the Indianapolis space. Investigators found that meth was being transported from Muncie to Vans Auto Restore in Indianapolis earlier than it was bought throughout the town.

The investigation resulted in 11 individuals being charged in three totally different indictments for varied drug trafficking prices.

On August 3, 2020, police executed 16 search and federal arrest warrants. They discovered 31 illegally possessed firearms, almost 5 kilos of methamphetamine, a pound of cocaine, two kilos of fentanyl, and $272,000 in money comprised of promoting medicine.

The next people pleaded responsible and have been sentenced.

• Travis Beechler, 27, Indianapolis
• Antonio Turner, 34, Indianapolis
• Stephen Cole, 45, Indianapolis
• Christopher Shelton, 43, Indianapolis
• Scott Nelson, 39, Indianapolis
• Joshua Douglas, 40, Indianapolis
• Marguerite Collins, 47, Indianapolis
• Jarrad Cooney, 34, Indianapolis
• Jason Corey, 49, Indianapolis
• Halton Butler, 70, Indianapolis
• Gary Hatcher Jr., 33, Indianapolis

Their sentences vary from two to 30 years in federal jail.