19 Arrested for Drug Bust from Phoenix to Indy
INDIANAPOLIS – A large-scale drug operation with a pipeline for the drugs from Phoenix to Indianapolis, was take down Friday, with 19 arrests that included the alleged ringleader.
According to Acting U.S. Atty. John E. Childress, the drugs originated in Texas and Arizona. The people on that end would transport them from Phoenix.
They were received by Eric Robinson, 55, of Indianapolis, who would distribute them throughout the Indy metro area. The drugs were primarily meth, fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and Xanax.
Robinson was one of 21 people who were wanted and one of the 19 who were actually arrested after indictments were handed down. He is charged federally, along with the 18 others, with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
Seized during the bust were approximately 56 firearms, $12,000 in currency, 75 pounds of methamphetamine, eight kilograms of cocaine, two pounds of fentanyl, 100 suspected fentanyl pills, one-half pound of heroin, 2 ounces of crack cocaine, and one-half pound of hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Besides Robinson, the arrests included Jonhy Chacon-Hernandez, 28; Genaro Tapia, 25; Monte D. Scruggs, 44; Joshua P. Sheehy, 32; Heather A. Hill, 40; Richard N. Irwin, II, 39 ; William Cox, 54; Michael P Brandenburg, 35; Eliud Chavez-Delgado, 45; Theodore Sweat, 67; Andrea Clayton, 36; Jeremiha Dailey, 46; Aaron Mooney, 37; Hirohito Causeway, 61; Michael Graham, 61; Lawrence Davis, 50; Timothy Barnes, 51 and Cory J. Alcorn, 45.
This investigation is part of Operation Take Back America. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN). This operation is part of the Indiana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program, said a news release Friday.
