On October 29, 2018 members of the Clark County Sheriff’s Office along with several other law enforcement agencies served arrest warrants on individuals related to an ongoing investigation labeled Operation End of Summer Heat.
Over the course of the last several months the Clark County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division along with the assistance of other local, state and federal law enforcement partner agencies have conducted numerous drug investigations, targeting drug dealers in and around Clark County.
Throughout the operation law enforcement concentrated their efforts primarily on methamphetamine and heroin distribution due to the opioid epidemic that is plaguing cities and towns across the United States.
Law Enforcement was able to disrupt several large scale drug trafficking organizations, mid-level drug dealers and street level drug pushers and many of those investigations are still on going.
Several drug dealers during the operation were taken off the street and arrested at an earlier time for various reasons such as but not limited to, firearms violations, endangering children by bringing them to drug deals, and transient dealers coming to Indiana from other states.
Through the duration of the operation law enforcement has seized several thousand dollars in illegal narcotics, cash, vehicles and firearms.
This operation has at this point led to four federal indictments with others pending and in excess of twenty others charged at the state level with various felonies.
“I made a promise when I became Sheriff to seek out and arrest drug dealers within our community” stated Sheriff Jamey Noel. “Today, I’m proud to show you the results of our narcotics division and other assisting police agencies from our End of Summer Heat operation.”
The following offenders have been arrested, summonsed, or have warrants filed on them for the following charges:
- Louie Lawson, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- Jason O’Conner, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- Jennifer Ward, Dealing in Methamphetamine, Neglect of a Dependent
- David Geiger, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- Richard Casey, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- Adrian May, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- Jerrod Casey, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- Jonathan Morgan, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- Lauren Saylor, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- Matthue Broady, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- Jeremy Anderson, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- Daniel Santiago, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- Ashleigh Santiago, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- John Watts, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- Jason Greer, Dealing in Heroin and Methamphetamine
- Joshua Proffitt, Dealing in Methamphetamine, Possession of a Firearm
- Zachary Griffis, Dealing in a Controlled Substance, Neglect of a Dependent
- Maymuna Hussein, Dealing in a Controlled Substance, Neglect of a Dependent
- Robert Sheckles, Dealing in a Methamphetamine
- Reylondo Payton, Dealing Methamphetamine
- Danny Williams, Dealing in Methamphetamine
- Natasha Drake, Possession of Methamphetamine
- Johnna Rosen, Possession of Heroin
- Jacob Smith, Possession of Methamphetamine
- Keith Williams Jr, Possession of Methamphetamine
- Krystal Alexander, Possession of Methamphetamine and Heroin
- Sarah Mefford, Possession of Methamphetamine and Heroin
- John Hensley, Possession of Methamphetamine and Controlled Substance
- Margaret Johnson, Possession of Methamphetamine and Controlled Substance
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the following departments for their assistance in these cases: Jeffersonville Police Department, Clarksville Police Department, New Albany Police Department, Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, Floyd County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.