On the time of his arrest, Brown had a previous felony conviction for prison confinement, and was prohibited from possessing firearms below federal regulation.
INDIANAPOLIS – A federal jury has discovered Manuel L. Brown, 49, of Indianapolis, responsible of trafficking methamphetamine, carrying a firearm throughout a drug trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
In line with court docket paperwork and proof launched at trial, on September 3, 2020, Fishers Police Division officers had been on energetic patrol once they noticed a Dodge Caravan commit a number of site visitors violations. Officers carried out a routine site visitors cease and recognized Manuel Brown as the motive force. A K9 officer was referred to as to the scene and devoted the presence of medication contained in the automobile.
Officers searched the van and situated a glass smoking pipe with methamphetamine residue within the heart console, a loaded .22 caliber revolver, an extra .22 caliber revolver, a loaded Smith and Wesson revolver, a zippered case containing a loaded.45 caliber pistol, a number of plastic luggage containing a complete of 214 grams of methamphetamine, 20 grams of heroin and fentanyl, and two digital scales, plastic luggage for packaging medicine, an evening imaginative and prescient rifle scope, a number of bins of ammunition, and $1,750 in money. An examination of the info on his cell phone situated quite a few messages referring to drug trafficking in addition to photos of medication on scales and of one of many seized firearms.
On the time of his arrest, Brown had a previous felony conviction for prison confinement, and was prohibited from possessing firearms below federal regulation.
“Unlawful weapons and lethal medicine are a scourge on our neighborhoods, and armed drug traffickers like this defendant will proceed to be a precedence for federal prosecution,” stated Zachary A. Myers, U.S. Lawyer for the Southern District of Indiana. “The trial conviction here’s a testomony to the expertise and dedication of the officers, brokers, and prosecutors who disrupted the defendant’s crimes and ensured that he shall be held accountable. Hamilton County is safer in the present day due to them.”
The Drug Enforcement Administration and Fishers Police Division investigated this case. U.S District Courtroom Decide James R. Sweeney presided over the trial and can sentence Brown at a later date. Brown faces as much as life in federal jail.
U.S. Lawyer Myers thanked Assistant United States Attorneys Pamela S. Domash and Jeremy C. Fugate, who prosecuted this case.
