HANCOCK COUNTY — Two people with lengthy criminal pasts have been arrested and charged with felony drug crimes stemming from an incident late last week in Greenfield. That’s where officials found methamphetamine and fentanyl in their vehicle following a traffic stop.
Jamie L Epeards, 45, Indianapolis, and Terry Lynn Currie, 44, Greenfield, are both facing a Level 2 felony count of dealing meth, a Level 3 felony count of possession of meth, a Level 4 felony count of dealing narcotics and a Level 6 felony count of possession of a narcotic drug from a Feb. 29 incident.
Epeards has a lengthy criminal history. According to court records, she has been charged in 12 different criminal cases in the state including a Level 4 felony possession of meth charge in January of 2022 in Hancock County. Records show she was given a 1,910-day term out of Hancock County Superior Court 1. However, court records say she was released from the Madison County Correctional Facility on Oct. 6, 2023.
Currie has a lengthy criminal past as well. According to court records, he’s been charged in 14 different criminal cases throughout the state, including a case in January of 2023 for dealing and possession of meth in Hancock County. That case, court records show, was settled via a plea agreement in Hancock County Circuit Court with the meth charge being dismissed.
Epeards and Currie had their initial appearances on the new charges Monday afternoon in Circuit Court. The court set a $50,000 cash bond for Epeards as well as for Currie. Both Epeards and Currie are due back in court Thursday, April 18.
According to a probable cause affidavit, last week, a lieutenant with the Greenfield Police Department made a routine traffic stop in the 600 block of Pratt Street after a plate came back as “inactive” after a routine check.
The law enforcement official noted in the report that the vehicle was being driven by Epeards, who had passed the officer going 63 in a 55 mph speed zone alerting him to her presence.
Once pulled over, the officer noted that a check of Epeards’ records showed she had a history of drug use. The official noted in the report that he had Epeards get out of the vehicle, and he asked her if she would mind if he checked her vehicle.
The officer noted that Epeards kept changing her story about why she was in Greenfield, and even lied to the officer about where she had been. When told a K-9 officer was in route to do a sniff of the vehicle just to be sure, Epeards became nervous, officials said in the report.
Currie was the passenger in the vehicle, officials stated. Law enforcement also asked him to step out of the vehicle. An air sniff around the vehicle by a K-9 from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department indicated a hit for drugs, officials said in the report.
A search of the vehicle turned up a tied plastic baggie containing a white, rock-like substance, the report stated. Officials also found a larger tied baggie and a set of digital scales in the console. Under one of the larger baggies were two smaller baggies with a brown and clear rock-like substance in them, the report stated.
A second set of scales was also found in the back seat, and it had a white powder-like residue on it, officials said in the report. The officer noted through training and experience all the items officials found were indicators of illegal drug-dealing activities.
Officials also found illegal drugs in Epeards’ pockets, according to the report. Law enforcement found a rolled dollar bill with a white powder residue and a folded dollar bill that contained a white powder substance.
Currie, the affidavit said, told officials he was on probation and the narcotics were not his but belonged to Epeards and that he had just gotten a ride with her. However, he did admit to officials, the report stated, he was out on probation for a possession of meth charge.
Police noted in their report that the larger plastic baggie they found did field-test positive for methamphetamine and weighed 32 grams while three smaller baggies found field-tested positive for fentanyl and weighed 1 gram each.
