Four people were arrested for possessing syringes and other crimes on May 22 after a Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy stopped to see if they were having car troubles on Mt. Liberty Road.
Deputy Austin Schonfeld was driving east on State Road 46 East near Mt. Liberty Road when he reported seeing four people standing next to a small car parked in the Pentecostals of Nashville church lot.
Schonfeld said he stopped to make sure the people were not having vehicle problems.
The people told him they had just finished changing a flat tire. Schonfeld reported only seeing a rotor lying next to the rear passenger side tire, but no jack or spare tire.
Jacqueline M. Andrews, 44, of Greenwood, was wearing only one shoe, standing near the tire, the police report said.
The three other men were identified as Jeppe W. Jensen, 38, of Avon; Justin A. Swegman, 32, of Indianapolis; and Jeremy S. Albright, 43, of Indianapolis.
Swegman told Schonfeld he did not have any identification on him and provided a fake name and date of birth. When asked for his Social Security number to confirm his identity, Swegman said he did not know his and eventually gave Schonfeld the correct identification information.
Dispatch confirmed that Swegman had a warrant out of Shelby County. He was placed in handcuffs to be transported to the Brown County jail.
While writing down their names, Schonfeld reported seeing a capped syringe lying next to the tire, but everyone denied knowing who it belonged to, the report said.
When dispatch ran the car’s plate through their system, it came back to a 1997 Toyota and the plates had expired on April 5. The expiration date on the 2010 Honda Civic’s license plate was May 28. Andrews told Schonfeld that her boyfriend had bought the vehicle a couple of weeks ago and that the information was in the glove department.
While waiting on dispatch to check the vehicle’s VIN number, Schonfeld asked if anyone had anything illegal on them. Jensen told Schonfeld he had a marijuana “roach” in one of his pockets, which Schonfeld later found.
Dispatch reported that the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Marion County on March 16. The other three people were then placed in handcuffs.
Andrews said she did not know the vehicle was stolen, the report said.
While inventorying the vehicle to be towed, Schonfeld and Deputy Colton Magner found a purse under the driver’s seat. Inside were seven syringes and three of them had a substance inside. There was also a spoon with burn marks and residue in the purse, the report said.
Another syringe was found in the car’s cup holder. Schonfeld also found a pill bottle containing amoxicillin in another purse in the vehicle. The name on that bottle did not belong to anyone at the scene, the report said. Magner found another pill bottle, small plastic baggies and a cut straw in another bag in the vehicle.
Andrews said the pills belonged to a friend of hers. Deputies also reported finding credit cards in the vehicle that did not belong to anyone at the scene, along with a phone that was not theirs, the report said.
On May 23, Jensen was charged with unlawful possession of a syringe, a Level 6 felony, and possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor.
Andrews was charged with receiving stolen auto parts, a Level 6 felony; unlawful possession of a syringe, a Level 6 felony; altered interim license plate, a Class C misdemeanor; and possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor.
Swegman was charged with unlawful possession of a syringe, a Level 6 felony; and false informing, a Class B misdemeanor.
Albright was charged with unlawful possession of a syringe, a Level 6 felony.
