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The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Response Unit (TRU) and Drug Interdiction and Response Team (DIRT) team executed a search warrant at 505 S. Livingston St. in Springfield earlier today.
The raid was a result of the DIRT team and Springfield Police Department’s Proactive Crime Unit making multiple controlled buys from 49-year-old Elmer B. Perkins Jr. who is now facing charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession of a weapon by a felon and possession of methamphetamine.
Perkins was no stranger to trouble with the law and was already on probation in Sangamon County for drug related charges
According to the SJR, in addition to the arrest, authorities seized an allegedly stolen pistol, ammunition, four grams of heroin, 27 grams of suspected methamphetamine and digital scales.
Perkins is currently in custody in the Sangamon County Jail.
Source SJR
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