With Narcotics Conspiracy and Firearms Offenses
SOUTH BEND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Bradley Burns, age 31, of South Bend, Indiana, has been charged by criminal complaint for conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to deliver and being a felon in possession of firearms.
According to documents in this case, on February 5, 2020, a criminal complaint was filed alleging that agents with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 40 near Oklahoma City. Law enforcement found duffle bags containing 120 pounds of methamphetamine and one kilogram of heroin located in the car. Investigators with Homeland Security Investigations determined that the narcotics were destined for a house on South Kentucky Street in South Bend and that the narcotics were to be delivered to Bradley Burns. Agents replaced the actual narcotics with a sham substance, and then delivered the vehicle to that house. As police approached the house, Burns ran from the back door of the house, leapt over a fence and was thereafter apprehended by police. HSI agents obtained a search warrant for the residence and found a.38 caliber revolver, an AK-47 style rifle, an AR style rifle, a money counting machine, United States currency, receipts for money orders, a heat sealing machine, heat sealing bags, a small quantity of fentanyl, a cutting agent, and cell phones.
The United States Attorney’s Office emphasizes that a Criminal Complaint is merely an allegation and that all persons are presumed innocent until, and unless proven guilty in court.
If convicted, any specific sentence to be imposed will be determined by the Judge after a consideration of federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
This case is being investigated Homeland Security Investigations (a component of the Department of Homeland Security) with the assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, South Bend Police Department (including its Strategic Focus and SWAT Units), St. Joseph County Police Department, the Indiana State Police and Elkhart City Police. This case is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly Schultz.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
