The incident, which got the attention of neighbors and required
the SWAT team come to the scene, unfolded in the Franklin Lakes neighborhood
off U.S. 31 beginning at 2 a.m. Saturday. A resident called police to report
that someone was repeatedly ramming a vehicle parked in a neighbor’s driveway,
and the parked vehicle was eventually forced into the garage, damaging
motorcycles that were parked inside, a Franklin Police Department report said.
After an hours-long incident, including getting a search
warrant, police arrested Jamie Ray Harper on
four felony charges — dealing marijuana, possession of methamphetamine,
possession of a controlled substance and possession of a restricted drug
injection device, as well as a misdemeanor charge of possession of
paraphernalia.
Another resident, Christopher P. Tinney, 46, was arrested on
charges of possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia, both
misdemeanors.
Police saw the damaged garage door and could smell
marijuana, the report said.
Harper is known to police as a member of the Hells Angels
Motorcycle Club, and the Johnson County SWAT team was called to the home as a
safety precaution, the report said.
Police searched the home and found four large vacuum-sealed
bags of marijuana. Together, they weighed 57 pounds, the report said. A glass
pipe, scales, plastic baggies, syringes, vials labeled as testosterone and
methamphetamine were also found in the home.
Harper was released from the Johnson County jail on $7,000
bond. Tinney, of Edinburgh, was
held on $2,000 bond.
SOURCE: Daily Journal