The LaPorte County Metro Operations Unit had a big week of arrests this week.
On Monday, officers from the Metro Operations Unit and the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at a home in the 600 block of Pulaski Street in LaPorte. That search resulted in the arrest of Jennie Searing, 24, on an outstanding warrant for three counts of dealing a schedule II controlled substance (cocaine) plus preliminary charges of possession of cocaine or a narcotic drug as a Class A Felony and possession of a controlled substance as a Class D felony. She is being held in the LaPorte County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
In addition, officers from the Metro Operations Unit arrested Ira Linton, 27 of LaPorte, on Tuesday on a preliminary charge of dealing a schedule II controlled substance (cocaine) as a Class A felony. He is being held in the LaPorte County Jail on a $100,000 bond and is awaiting an initial hearing in LaPorte Circuit Court.
Damian Williams was arrested by officers on Wednesday while at the LaPorte County Work Release Center. Williams, 26 of LaPorte, has a preliminary charge of dealing a schedule II controlled substance (cocaine), as a Class A felony. He is being held without bond.
If you have any information about possible drug activity in the city of LaPorte or in LaPorte County, call the LaPorte County Metro Operations Unit by calling (219) 325-9022.
