Bartholomew County’s Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team has arrested eight people for dealing heroin or methamphetamine, selling the narcotics to undercover detectives.
The individuals were arrested over the past two weeks, with many of them being picked up within the past 24 hours, said Bartholomew County Sheriff Matt Myers. The enforcement team was assisted by sheriff’s deputies, Columbus police officers, the COPS Unit, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and county and city K9 teams.
Arrested were:
- Cameron C. Agnew, 22, of 3449 Blackstone Square, Columbus, on a preliminary charge of dealing in heroin. Agnew is being held in the Bartholomew County Jail in lieu of $140,000 bond.
- Kristen E. Parris, 25, of 2914 N. Peach St., Columbus, on preliminary charges of two counts of dealing heroin, being held in jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.
- Connie D. Richey, 52, of 2401 Fairington Court, Columbus, on preliminary charges of two counts of dealing heroin, being held in jail in lieu of $100,255 bond.
- Rachel E. Allen, 30, of 5875 E. County Road 50N, Columbus, on a preliminary charge of dealing in heroin, released on bond from jail.
- Jeffery Melvin II, age unavailable, currently an inmate in the Indiana prison system, on a preliminary charge of dealing in methamphetamine.
- Shawn M. Asher, 37, no address given to the jail, on preliminary charges of two counts of dealing methamphetamine, held in the Bartholomew County Jail in lieu of $315,500 bond.
- Jonathon K. Villegas, 23, of 1691 Wrenwood Drive, Columbus, on preliminary charges of two counts of dealing heroin, held in the jail in lieu of $500,000 bond.
- Chad E. Phillips, 37, of 2893 N. Talley Road, Columbus, on preliminary charges of two counts of dealing methamphetamine, held in the jail in lieu of $500,000 bond.
Other investigations stemming from these arrests are continuing, investigators said.
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