Three people are in jail after the Bloomington Police Department helped the Monroe Circuit Court Probation Department with an apartment search Friday afternoon.
Edward Richardson, 26, his brother Donald Richardson Jr., 27, and Kristin Garrett, 29, were in the apartment Friday. They all face different charges.
The probation department had reason to believe there were drugs in the apartment, BPD Lt. Ryan Pedigo said.
During their first visit, officers noticed two bags of synthetic marijuana and a plastic bag with foil in it in plain view in the living room. Heroin is often packaged with foil like that, Pedigo said.
There was also a plastic bong sitting on top of a dog cage, a handgun on top of the fridge, and two empty holsters, officers said.
Police did not initially have a warrant to search the apartment more thoroughly, but they were granted one after reporting what they saw sitting out in the apartment.
With the warrant, they found a Gerber infant formula container in a kitchen cabinet holding three plastic bags of crystalline and white powdered substances.
The cabinet also held digital scales and Suboxone, a drug used to treat addiction to drugs like heroin.
After looking closer at the foil noticed during the initial sweep, officers said they suspected the bag it was in contained heroin.
Multiple cell phones were found in the apartment, and messages on one of them indicated Edward Richardson was trying to buy and sell drugs.
Pedigo said the messages were in code, so it’s unclear what kind of drugs were being exchanged.
When the three individuals were taken to the BPD station, police found a handgun in Garrett’s coat pocket.
Garrett told police Donald Richardson Jr. asked her to take his gun when officers knocked on the door. Donald Richardson Jr. confirmed this to the officers. He was charged for having a gun as a felon.
Edward Richardson was charged for the possession and dealing of drugs.
Garrett was charged with knowingly visiting a place where there were illegal drugs.
