Area police arrested 29 people Monday on federal and state felony drug charges and seized about 13 pounds of marijuana, LSD firearms, cocaine, $34,000 in cash and cars and jet skis. A narcotics investigation was initiated by the Indiana State Police, the Logansport Police Department and the Cass County Sheriff’s Department. The Illinois State Police, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Cass County Prosecutor’s Office, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana assisted in the investigation, which led to 29 people being arrested on felony drug charges, according to an Indiana State Police press release. Search warrants were issued in Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Howard, Miami, and Tippecanoe counties, in Indiana, and Iroquois and Vermillion counties in Illinois. While serving the multiple warrants, officers seized about 13 pounds of suspected marijuana, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, firearms, a marijuana grow operation with about 200 plants, about 37 grams of suspected cocaine, $34,000 in cash, 10 vehicles, and two jet skis. Those charged locally were George Z. Setser, 37, Logansport, conspiracy to deal cocaine and conspiracy to deal marijuana; Dennis P. Wildrick, 37, Logansport, conspiracy to deal cocaine and conspiracy to deal marijuana; Matt T. Burkett, 38, Logansport, conspiracy to deal cocaine and conspiracy to deal marijuana; Jay D. Howell, 53, Logansport, conspiracy to deal marijuana; Michael Curtis, 52, Logansport, conspiracy to deal marijuana and maintaining a common nuisance; Denise Curtis, 42, Logansport, maintaining a common nuisance and conspiracy to deal marijuana; Kenneth Fox, 44, Logansport, cultivating marijuana and felony possession of marijuana; Patrick Fox, 46, Lake Cicott, dealing and cultivating marijuana; and Rodney Walters, 52, Delphi, was arrested on a felony charge for possession of marijuana and a misdemeanor count for possession of drug paraphernalia. He was not a target in the original investigation, according to police. Others arrested Monday include Charles Flaherty, 50, Lafayette, conspiracy to deal marijuana; Jimmy Marshall, 31, Donovan, conspiracy to deal marijuana and Brandon D. Kinser, 33, Frankfort, conspiracy to deal cocaine and marijuana. Three individuals were also arrested to face state felony charges in Illinois: Ricardo Guardia, 19, Illinois state charge for possession of cannabis; Jaremy Simms, 23, Illinois state charges for possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver within a 1,000 feet of a park, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, and armed violence; and Wendy Stone, 32, Illinois state charge for possession of cannabis with intent to deliver. Fourteen more people were arrested, but police were not releasing their names yet, according to the release.
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