A Greenwood man faces charges stemming from multiple incidents since May, including drug dealing and carrying a handgun without a license.
Prosecutors have charged Andrew Thompson Wehmeier, 33, with dealing in methamphetamine, a Level 2 felony; carrying a handgun without a license with a prior conviction, a Level 5 felony; driving while suspended; and possession of paraphernalia. He is being held at the Johnson County jail on $30,000 bond.
The meth dealing charge stems from an incident that occurred in May, when Johnson County Sheriff’s Office deputies gathered evidence that Wehmeier had sold more than 10 grams of meth, according to charging documents filed in Johnson County Circuit Court.
The other three charges are from a July incident when Franklin police pulled over Wehmeier and discovered he was driving with a suspended license, had a handgun that was not registered to him and a scale that police say was used to measure out meth.
On July 2, Franklin police stopped Wehmeier near Eastview Drive and County Road 100N., due to a sudden and suspicious turn without signaling. When police asked him for his driver’s license, he looked in his wallet and told them he didn’t have it on him, but provided his information, according to a Franklin Police Department report. Police found that Wehmeier was driving on a suspended license due to an operating while intoxicated misdemeanor from May, the police report said.
Police impounded the vehicle and released Wehmeier and a passenger from the scene. But during a search of the car, they found a black zipper case on the driver’s side floorboard that contained Wehmeier’s driver’s license and a digital scale with meth residue on it. Police also found a loaded handgun between the driver’s seat and center console.
The officer who made the traffic stop requested that another officer catch up to Wehmeier and detain him, the report said.
He had applied for a gun license but was rejected, according to Indiana State Police records.
Police asked Wehmeier who the gun belonged to, and he said he didn’t know there was a gun in the car. Police also asked him about the bag that contained his license and the scale, and he said he didn’t know his license was in the car. He was taken to the Johnson County jail at that time, according to the police report.
On July 5, Greenwood police and sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant at Wehmeier’s Greenwood home, 1654 Honey Lane No. 12, on unrelated charges. At that time, they found meth, marijuana, packaging consistent and unique to meth distribution, digital scales with meth residue and gun ammunition, court documents said.
A witness told police Wehmeier had sold meth more than 20 but less than 200 times, according to the court documents.
Greenwood police arrested Wehmeier again on July 18, and detectives with the sheriff’s office interviewed him. During that interview, Wehmeier listed his supplier and numerous meth customers, court documents said.
If convicted on all counts, he faces up to 37 years and 2 months in prison.
