The Fort Wayne Police Department conducted a blitz in the downtown Fort Wayne area targeting open air dealing, narcotics usage, prostitution, and warrant apprehensions.
Fort Wayne Police Department incident report:
Date: July 18, 2025
Location: downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana
Time: 1600 hours to 2000 hours
Details/Summary:
The Fort Wayne Police Department’s Vice and Narcotics Division, with the assistance of the Gang and Violent Crimes Unit, conducted a blitz in the downtown area targeting open air dealing, narcotics usage, prostitution, and warrant apprehensions. This operation netted nine (9) arrests. The Division conducted directed patrols targeting the area in the spring and summer of 2025. Since April there have been approximately twenty-seven (27) additional arrests. Those arrests include dealing cocaine or narcotic drug, dealing methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia, possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, prostitution, promoting prostitution, resisting law enforcement / fleeing using a vehicle, resisting law enforcement causing injury, obstruction of justice, and various warrant arrests.
July 18th arrests:
Suspect Arrested: Daniel Bullock (M/26; 09/15/1997)
Preliminary Charges:
- Warrant
- Failure to Appear (FTA) possession of methamphetamine / possession of paraphernalia
Suspect Arrested: Stephanie Carlisle (F/65; 11/26/1959)
Preliminary Charges:
- Warrant
- FTA prostitution / possession of paraphernalia
Suspect Arrested: James Bailey (M/70; 11/21/1954)
Preliminary Charges:
- Dealing cocaine or narcotic drug
Suspect Arrested: Cornelius Mallard (M/42; 02/11/1983)
Preliminary Charges:
- Dealing in cocaine or narcotic drug
- Possession of marijuana
Suspect Arrested: Vickie Wimes (F/65; 09/29/1959)
Preliminary Charges:
- Prostitution
- Possession of paraphernalia
Suspect Arrested: Geraldine Holiday (F/61; 03/12/1964)
Preliminary Charges:
- Prostitution
Suspect Arrested: Jeniya Houston (F/21; 06/23/2004)
Preliminary Charges:
- Prostitution
- Possession of paraphernalia
Suspect Arrested: Jethro Warren (M/77; 02/14/1948)
Preliminary Charges:
- Public Nudity
- Possession of paraphernalia
Suspect Arrested: Samuel Taylor (M/50; 07/13/1975)
Preliminary Charges:
- Warrant
- FTA Criminal Trespass
- possession of paraphernalia
- Possession of paraphernalia
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
All information is preliminary and subject to change during the course of the investigation.