IMPD North District detectives seized 20 guns, one machine gun conversion device, drugs, money, and a vehicle while executing a search warrant near W 32nd St and N Illinois St on Thursday.
On Thursday, April 18, 2024, IMPD North District Violent Reduction Team, Violent Crimes Task Force, and SWAT team officers executed a search warrant at 126 W 32nd Street. During the search warrant, four individuals were detained and later arrested. IMPD was alerted to this location due to possible drug activity.
The warrant led to the seizure of 20 firearms (15 handguns: 1 with a machine gun conversion device and 5 rifles), approximately 538 grams of suspected synthetic marijuana, 61 grams of suspected marijuana, 125 grams of suspected cocaine, 257 various scheduled pressed pills, 21 grams of pressed pills, 28 grams of blue powder. Detectives seized for forfeiture $1,075 US currency and 1 GMC SUV.
Four individuals were arrested during the investigation:
-John Whitfield (Dealing Cocaine, Possession of Narcotics, Maintaining a Common Nuisance, and a separate warrant for Dealing Narcotics)
-Deandre Miller (Possession of a Machine Gun, Dealing Cocaine, Possession of Cocaine, and Maintaining a Common Nuisance)
-Arian Suggs (Dealing Cocaine, Possession of Cocaine, and Maintaining a Common Nuisance)
-Charles Dunlap (Possession of Cocaine, Visiting a Common Nuissance, and a warrant for Possession of Cocaine)
All individuals should be considered innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will make the final charging decision.
Case Number – IP240035177
