Press Release

WARSAW — Twenty people were recently arrested on drug charges following a two-day warrant blitz by the NET 43 Drug Task Force and local law enforcement agencies.

Listed below are the names of the arrested individuals, along with their ages, city/town of residence, and charges:

• Devon Aubrey Bailey, 32, Fort Wayne
  • Charges: dealing methamphetamine; possession of methamphetamine
• Zachary Tyler Brickey, 23, Warsaw
  • Charges: possession of cocaine; possession of paraphernalia
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  Michael Hackworth

  Richard Lee Collins, 58, Silver Lake

  • Charges: dealing in methamphetamine; possession of methamphetamine; dealing in methamphetamine with enhancing circumstances; possession of methamphetamine with enhancing circumstances
• Amanda Lynette Dahman, 36, Cromwell
  • Charges: possession of a narcotic drug; possession of methamphetamine; possession of paraphernalia
• Lauren Marie Davis, 37, Claypool
  • Charges: possession of methamphetamine; possession of cocaine
• Tony Van Fountain, 29, Warsaw
  • Charges: two counts of dealing in methamphetamine; two counts of possession of methamphetamine
• Michael Hackworth, 47, Warsaw
  • Charges: two counts of possession of a syringe; possession of methamphetamine; possession of marijuana; possession of paraphernalia; possession of methamphetamine with enhancing circumstances; possession of marijuana with a prior conviction; possession of paraphernalia with a sentence enhancement
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  Damian Allen Henry

  

  Shawn David Hovenden

  

  Johnnie Franklin Howard

  Damian Allen Henry, 38, Warsaw

  • Charges: possession of methamphetamine; neglect of a dependent; possession of marijuana; possession of paraphernalia; possession of marijuana with a prior conviction
• Shawn David Hovenden, 26, Claypool
  • Charge: dealing in a controlled substance resulting in death
• Johnnie Franklin Howard, 39, South Whitley
  • Charge: dealing in a controlled substance
• Taylor Aaron Julian, 33, Argos
  • Charges: possession of a narcotic drug; possession of paraphernalia
• Ian Robert Leake, 26, Warsaw
  • Charge: possession of methamphetamine
• Cory Allen Martin, 36, Warsaw
  • Charges: possession of a syringe; possession of a narcotic drug
• Naomi Ca Rita McKnight, 22, Warsaw
  • Charges: possession of a narcotic drug; possession of cocaine
• Cassandra A. Medley, 34, Cromwell
  • Charges: possession of a narcotic drug; possession of paraphernalia
• Andrew Steven Secor, 37, Warsaw
  • Charges: two counts of dealing in methamphetamine; two counts of possession of methamphetamine with a sentence enhancement; two counts of unlawful carrying of a handgun
• Dale E. Shepherd Jr., 39, Macy
  • Charges: possession of methamphetamine; possession of a syringe; possession of marijuana; possession of marijuana with a prior conviction
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  Taylor Aaron Julian

  David Gene Singer, 50, Syracuse

  • Charges: dealing in methamphetamine; possession of methamphetamine; dealing in methamphetamine with a sentence enhancement; possession of methamphetamine with a sentence enhancement
• Austin Lee Waller, 29, Warsaw
  • Charges: possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon; possession of methamphetamine; possession of a syringe; possession of methamphetamine with a sentence enhancement
• Zachary Henry Woodcock, 32, Warsaw
  • Charges: possession of a narcotic drug; possession of a syringe