{"id":36364,"date":"2013-03-22T05:47:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T10:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=36364"},"modified":"2013-03-22T05:47:42","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T10:47:42","slug":"12-arrested-in-mercer-county-drug-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/03\/22\/12-arrested-in-mercer-county-drug-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"12 arrested in Mercer County drug bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Mercer County Sheriff\u2019s Office news<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CELINA &#8212; Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey announced the indictment and arrests of 12 persons on drug charges.\u00a0All charges are resulting from an investigation by the Grand Lake Task Force, a combined effort of law enforcement agencies in Mercer and Auglaize counties.<\/p>\n<p>The Celina Police Department and the Shelby County Ohio Sheriff\u2019s Office assisted with the apprehensions.<\/p>\n<p>Those arrested include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christopher Brockman, 33, care of the Mercer County Adult Detention Facility &#8212;\u00a0one count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a felony of the third degree; six counts of unlawful purchase or receipt of pseudoephedrine product, all misdemeanors\u00a0 of the first\u00a0 degree.\u00a0Served the indictment in jail on March 15.<\/li>\n<li>Jason Bruggeman, 31,\u00a0Portland, Ind. &#8212; one count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a felony of the third degree;\u00a0 two counts of unlawful purchase or receipt of pseudoephedrine product, both misdemeanors of the first degree.\u00a0Was arrested on Monday, March 18.<\/li>\n<li>Joshua Wymer, 29, of Fort Recovery &#8212; one count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a felony of the third degree; and\u00a0three counts of unlawful purchase or receipt of pseudoephedrine product, all misdemeanors\u00a0 of the first degree. Was arrested on Monday.<\/li>\n<li>Mickey Haskell, 29, of Sidney &#8212; four counts of trafficking in heroin, all felonies of the fifth degree; two counts of trafficking in heroin, both felonies of the fourth degree.\u00a0Haskell was apprehended in Sidney, by the Shelby County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/li>\n<li>April Lindeman, 32, of Celina &#8212; three counts of trafficking in heroin, all felonies of the fifth degree; and two counts of trafficking in heroin, both felonies of the fourth degree.<\/li>\n<li>Carolyn Snyder, 51, of Celina &#8212; three counts of trafficking in marijuana, all felonies of the fourth degree.<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Lockwood, 21, of Celina &#8212; two counts of trafficking in heroin, both felonies of the fifth degree.<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Steinbrunner, 42, of Fort Recovery &#8212; two counts of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, both felonies of the third degree; and two counts of unlawful purchase or receipt of pseudoephedrine product, both misdemeanors\u00a0 of the first degree.<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Craw, 25, of Celina &#8212; one count of\u00a0illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a felony of the third degree; and one count of unlawful purchase or receipt of pseudoephedrine product, a misdemeanor of the first degree.<\/li>\n<li>Dustin Gross, 31, of Celina &#8212; two counts of trafficking in heroin, both felonies of the fifth degree.<\/li>\n<li>Alyssa Ridder, 18, of Celina &#8212; three counts of trafficking in heroin, all felonies of the fifth degree.<\/li>\n<li>Mirranda Gates, 30, of Celina &#8212; two counts of trafficking in drugs, both felonies of the fourth degree; and one count of offenses Involving unapproved drugs, a felony of the fourth degree.\u00a0Currently being held in the Montgomery County Jail on contempt charges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Property seized included a 1997 black Pontiac Grand Prix and a 2000 white Ford pickup truck, as well as drug paraphernalia, cash, and suspected heroin and marijuana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercer County Sheriff\u2019s Office news CELINA &#8212; Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey announced the indictment and arrests of 12 persons on drug charges.\u00a0All charges are resulting from an investigation by the Grand Lake Task Force, a combined effort of law enforcement agencies in Mercer and Auglaize counties. 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