Eight initial arrests made in Operation Double Trouble drug raid (updated)
The Dubois County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced eight suspects were arrested in a large arrest raid staged this morning.
According to Deputy Prosecutor Beth Sermersheim, Operation Double Trouble was a similar operation as last year’s Operation Big Brother in which local law enforcement conducted numerous undercover drug buys.
Operation Double Trouble began in June of 2014. The operation initiated by Sermersheim and Dubois County Narcotics Officer John Anderson developed informants through street-level arrests made by uniformed patrol officers and Anderson.
Those informants made undercover drug buys of methamphetamine, heroin, MDMA, and Schedule II, III and IV controlled substances. As a result of the covert investigations, felony arrest warrants for drug dealing charges were obtained by the Dubois County Prosecutor’s Office.
An additional arrest was made in Spencer County this morning.
Additional arrest warrants remain outstanding at this time.
To date, the eight individuals are facing charges as part of Operation Double Trouble include:
Jarredd L. Byrd, 33, Jasper, two Level 4 counts of dealing in a narcotic drug (Oxycodone).
Cory M. Buchta, 19, Jasper, Level 6 felony count of dealing a Shedule I Controlled Substance (MDMA).
Matthew E. Cronin, 27, Jasper, two Level 5 felony counts of dealing in methamphetamine.
Jeffrey L. Friede, 57, Jasper, two Level 4 felony counts of dealing methamphetamine and Class A misdemeanor charges of dealing in paraphernalia; and a habitual offender enhancement.
Brock E. Gill, 23, Jasper, Level 5 felony count of aiding, inducing or causing dealing in methamphetamine.
Gavin E. Matheis, 25, Celestine, two Level 5 felony counts of dealing in a Schedule II Controlled Substance (Amphetamine and Dextroamphetamine) and a Class A misdemeanor count of dealing in marijuana. Matheis is also facing possession of marijuana and paraphernalia charges based on items found while he was being taken into custody.
Stuart Noffsinger, 30, Richland, Level 3 felony count of dealing in methamphetamine; Level 4 felony count of dealing in methamphetamine; and a habitual offender enhancement.
Bryce E. Sadler, 24, Jasper, Level 5 felony dealing in methamphetamine. Sadler was served with his arrest warrant on May 21, 2015, after he was arrested in Jasper on unrelated criminal charges — A misdemeanor possession of a handgun without a license and Class A misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia.
Sadler appeared in the Dubois County Superior Court for an initial hearing on his new dealing in methamphetamine charge on May 26, 2015. The State of Indiana requested that a bond be set in the amount of $10,000 cash only, but the court only imposed a bond of $2,000 cash. Sadler remains incarcerated at this time and is set for a pre-trial hearing on June 9, 2015, at 10:00 a.m.
According to the prosecuting attorney’s office, law enforcement officials want to send a message to drug dealers, as well as to the community as a whole, that they are not passively watching drug dealing go on in Dubois County. They are actively pursuing the people who are selling drugs in the area and will continue to do so.
Operation Double Trouble is ongoing at this time and additional arrests are expected in the coming weeks.
The operation’s name was chosen due to it being the second large operation of its kind in Dubois County.
That a way dubois county law enforcement! Looks as though you’re trying to bandaid the problem and not come up with a permanent solution. While I do not agree with meth and harder drugs. Anyone with half a brain can see these aren’t big time drug dealers, but a small community of drug addicts. Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan would be proud though of this very successful war on drugs America has been running for years! I bet the FBI recruits Sheriff Anderson to help topple some more drug king pins.