Police: Meth center raided in Elizabethtown

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Stephanie G. Cecil. Photo courtesy of Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department.
Stephanie G. Cecil. Photo courtesy of Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department.

The Bartholomew County Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team is reporting that officers broke up a methamphetamine distribution center in Elizabethtown.

The investigation grew out of a traffic stop Monday night, where a woman was arrested on warrants and found to be carrying methamphetamine and a smoking pipe.

Authorities say that they believe the meth was sold out of a home on 11th Street in Elizabethtown. Officers obtained a search warrant and raided the home at shortly before midnight last night. They say they discovered drugs, drug paraphernalia and drug-dealing equipment.

Travis J. Sneed. Photo courtesy of Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department.
Travis J. Sneed. Photo courtesy of Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department.

That was at the home of 28-year-old Stephanie Cecil, says Judy Jackson, spokeswoman for the county sheriff’s department. Cecil is facing preliminary charges of dealing meth, possessing meth and drug paraphernalia, and maintaining a common nuisance.

Police also found 23-year-old Travis Sneed hiding under a bed. He was wanted on a Bartholomew County warrant and is facing new charges of possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

The original arrest happened Monday night after Columbus police recognized a wanted woman inside a vehicle.

Angela Spencer. Photo courtesy of Columbus Police Department.
Angela Spencer. Photo courtesy of Columbus Police Department.

An officer saw 39-year-old Angela K. Spencer of Columbus inside the vehicle at shortly before midnight Monday night and confirmed that she was wanted on three Bartholomew County warrants. The officer stopped the vehicle and she was arrested without incident, says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus Police Department.

He said that she also allegedly found to be carrying methamphetamine and a glass drug pipe in her purse. She was arrested on preliminary charges for possessing meth and drug paraphernalia, as well as the warrants.

The county’s Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team includes sheriff’s deputies, Columbus police including the city’s Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving unit and the county prosecutor’s office.