INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man who was on house arrest when DEA agents found guns, body armor and a large amount of drugs and money in his home is going to federal prison.
Dreshaun Carter, 26, was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Carter was on house arrest for a prior felony drug trafficking conviction when, on Feb. 1, federal officers searched his home and arrested him.
Court documents say agents found 19 guns, body armor, about 600 grams of fentanyl, two kilograms of cocaine and crack cocaine, 500 grams of meth, digital scales and $90,000 in cash. Three of the guns were stolen.
"Dealing drugs laced with lethal fentanyl is unacceptable and is a large reason 285 Americans are dying every day," said Michael Gannon, DEA assistant special agent in charge of the investigation. "Drug dealers who distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine, in addition to an array of firearms while on house arrest, must be held accountable."
“His prior drug dealing felony and supervision by Community Corrections didn’t deter the defendant from pushing fentanyl, meth, and crack into our neighborhoods,” said U.S. Attorney Myers. “Even wearing a GPS monitor, he still chose to arm himself to the teeth—with 19 guns and police body armor. The serious federal prison sentence imposed today will hopefully convince him to finally change his ways when he is released."
U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker also ordered that Carter be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for five years after he is released from federal prison.
Carter's case was investigated as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program that brings together all levels of law enforcement and local communities together to reduce violent crime.
The Department of Justice brought the program back in 2017, when it directed all U.S. Attorney's Offices to partner with federal, state and local law enforcement, and local communities to develop locally based strategies to reduce violent crime.