Five people arrested by NET 43 in Hoffman Lake drug bust

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Kosciusko County’s Unified Drug Task Force has made another bust in Warsaw.

NET 43 executed a covert surveillance operation in the Hoffman Lake area Wednesday night.

As officers approached a house on the 7800 block of West Lovetts Lane they saw 28-year-Robert Boatwright go inside. He is known to have several active arrest warrants and was found hiding in a built-in basement cabinet by a Police K9.

Narcotic scales, two handguns, and methamphetamine were located inside the home.

Boatwright, who is from Claypool, was arrested for manufacturing/dealing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, resisting law enforcement, maintaining a common nuisance, a parole violation, and failure to appear in court.

Four others were arrested in connection to the drug bust:

  • 29-year-old Seth Wright of Bourbon faces charges for possession of methamphetamine, false informing, visiting a common nuisance, and a foreign warrant.
  • 27-year-old Lacey Trowbridge of Bourbon faces charges for possession of methamphetamine and visiting a common nuisance.
  • 26-year-old Nicholas Irvine of Tippecanoe faces charges for possession of methamphetamine and visiting a common nuisance.
  • 22-year-old Tabitha Baldridge of Claypool faces charges for visiting a common nuisance.