Methamphetamine-related charges make up the bulk of the arrests, with 33 charges among those arrested. Those arrested are from all over the county, and from places nearby including Indianapolis, Greenfield, Taylorsville and Nashville. Men and women between the ages of 20 and 67 were arrested, including relatives, Villanueva said.
The 11 individuals who are still at large are asked to turn themselves in because local police will find them eventually, he said. Local police will continue to search for the wanted individuals who have warrants out for their arrests. Police arrested 20 people during the roundup and 11 remain at large and are asked to turn themselves in. These 31 individuals were arrested or are wanted for drug charges in Johnson County. You kind of have an attitude in different places of ‘not my jurisdiction, not my problem.’ Here in Johnson County, we have the opposite it is ‘how can I become involved and how can I help,’” Villanueva said. We don’t see this everywhere in the state. “These kinds of cooperative and collaborative efforts are really unique to Johnson County. Tony Povinelli and many undercover officers across all county agencies were instrumental in putting together this roundup, said Kirby Cochran, Franklin police chief. The agencies also received help from the Edinburgh Police Department and Marion County Sheriff’s Office, which served warrants to people who live in their jurisdictions and transported them to the Johnson County jail.įranklin Police Sgt. Those arrested were taken to the Johnson County jail Wednesday morning. The roundup netted 20 arrests in less than six hours 11 people remain at large, Johnson County Prosecutor Joe Villanueva said during a Wednesday afternoon news conference. Multiple agencies came together for the roundup, a collaboration between the Franklin Police Department, Greenwood Police Department, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office. SCOTT ROBERSON | FOR THE DAILY JOURNALīefore the sun came up Wednesday, local police were canvassing the county for 31 individuals in the second drug roundup in six months.
Franklin police officers conduct an early morning warrant service on Wednesday duration a drug roundup.
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