Federal, state and local law enforcement officials have announced the results of Operation Summit City Sweep, a six-week coordinated effort in the Fort Wayne area targeting violent crime, illegal firearms and drug trafficking.
Officials say the operation produced cases against 27 defendants accused of firearms and drug trafficking-related crimes. The charges are allegations, and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
During the surge, officers executed arrest warrants and search warrants and conducted street-level operations. Officials reported seizing 105 firearms, about 18 kilograms of cocaine, 535 grams of fentanyl, 83 grams of methamphetamine, four vehicles and about $250,000 in cash. They said 29 of the firearms were linked through ballistics evidence to shootings.
The effort was led through the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Indiana and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, with partners including the DEA, the U.S. Marshals Service, Indiana State Police, Fort Wayne police, Allen County police, New Haven police and the Allen County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
As a result of the investigations, federal prosecutors said they secured four grand jury indictments and two criminal complaints covering seven federal defendants, with other cases to be handled by the Allen County prosecutor. Officials said the work was built on the Justice Department's Project Safe Neighborhoods program and on intelligence from the Crime Gun Intelligence Center.
