Fort Wayne Police Department

Media Fact Sheet

Notification of Felony Arrest or Other Complaint                         

 

Date: 09/09/2022                                                                                   

Time:  0817

Suspect #1: Matthew Shoecraft Redd 10/02/1977

Address: 2122 Beechmont Dr. .      

Charges:
Dealing Methamphetamine
Dealing Cocaine/narcotics Drug(Fentanyl)
Dealing Cocaine/narcotics Drug(Cocaine)
Dealing Heroin
Possession of a Controlled Substance
Possession of paraphernalia
Possession of stolen property(three stolen guns)
Maintaining a Common Nuisance
Invasion of privacy
Body attachment warrant

Suspect #2:Sylvia Redd

Charges:                  
Dealing Methamphetamine
Visiting a Common Nuisance
Possession of Paraphernalia

Location: 
2122 Beechmont Dr.
4545 Calumet Ave.

Type of Incident: Narcotics Investigation

Brief Summary of Incident and/or Arrest Control #:22F099528/22F099568:

On Friday, September 9, 2022 at approximately 12:38 P.M. members of the Fort Wayne Police Department’s Vice and Narcotics Division and Allen County SWAT served a search warrant at 2122 Beechmont Dr.   An ongoing narcotics investigation  combined with surveillance on Redd  gave the Narcotics division the necessary information to obtain search warrants for  2122 Beechmont Dr. and 4545 Calumet Ave. both residences which are owned by Redd.

Upon serving the search warrant at the two locations, Detectives located 439.4 grams of methamphetamine, 7.7 grams of heroin,4.4 grams of Methylphenidate hydrochloride,.4 grams of acetaminophen hydrochloride, 100 M-30 pills(oxycodone hydrochloride), .1 grams of cocaine, 2.6 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, and 16.1 grams of marijuana. Also located were 15 firearms(three of which were reported stolen), multiple firearm magazines, ammunition, numerous digital scales, miscellaneous paraphernalia, and $4900 in U.S. currency. This is still an ongoing investigation with the Narcotics Division.

Sgt. Brian Williams, 1643F