(PEORIA, IL) Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at approximately 6:40 a.m. members of the Peoria Police Department’s Special Investigation Division (SID), PPD SWAT Team, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) executed search warrants at a residence in the 2800 block of W. James Road and an apartment in the 800 block of W. Crestwood.
During the warrants, officers took 34-year-old Johnathan S. Sargent into custody.
During a search of both locations, officers located and seized illegal drugs, drug equipment, currency, and a firearm.
Sargent was transported to the Peoria Police Department for interviewing purposes and subsequently arrested. Sargent was arrested on Federal Charges of Possession with intent to Deliver Methamphetamine, Possession with intent to Distribute Heroin,
Possession with intent to Distribute Cocaine, Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
Sargent was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
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