Law enforcement cracks down on deadly drug dealers INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — There is a crackdown on deadly drug dealers in Marion County, with seven arrests already this year. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) is teaming up with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to find th ese drug dealers. They say a recent arrest, a year in the making, shows how effective they are at getting justice for families. According to court documents, these are some of the last texts 30-year-old Trey Williams ever sent: “So wat up.” “I’m guessing its a no.” “I ain’t had nothing since Sunday. It’s bouta b Friday.” Desperate texts to 28-year-old Jasmine Bowen, who replied, “Okkkkk.” Less than 24 hours later, Williams was dead from a fentanyl overdose. Five days later, police arrested Bowen. During interrogation, she denied dealing Williams the pills that killed him, swearing on the lives of her children that she was telling the truth. At the time, there wasn’t enough to charge her, until last week. Bowen was arrested in Las Vegas, and is being flown back here to face charges. “These are extremely, extremely, complicated investigations that require a lot of leg work,” said IMPD Lieutenant Justin Gough, of the Overdose Death Task Force (ODTF). “A lot of manpower hours. Sometimes, they come together in a matter of months. Sometimes, it takes almost a full year.” Court documents show police got a warrant for her phone. It revealed text messages between Bowen and two other suspected drug dealers, Yakk and Punchie, about obtaining pills. All of these messaged were sent on the the same day. Bowen was texting Williams hours before he overdosed and died. “Getting those things helps every investigation, but they definitely played a very crucial role,” Gough says.“The cases that we’re charging people on the overdose dealing in death; they’re legitimate drug traffickers. Not a friend that gave a friend a pill and they have it comin’. There’s never been a worse time to use drugs than right now, cause you just don’t know what you’re getting,” said Michael Gannon, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the DEA. The ODTF said these cases are sad, but rewarding because of what it means to the victims family. “You become very close to them and I think that that’s the closure for the family, and helping them is probably one of the biggest parts of why we do what we do,” Gough says. According to DEA statistics, Marion County deadly drug overdoses are falling, down nearly 30% from 2023 to 2024. The ODTF said they want their work on this task force to continue to drive down those numbers by discouraging people from dealing drugs to begin with. ...read more read less