FRANKLIN, Ind. — An errant text message led to the arrest of a Franklin woman for felony drug charges Thursday.
Police say Shelby Eicks, 19, sent a text message to the wrong person, a New Whiteland police officer, offering to sell him methamphetamine in August. New Whiteland police forwarded the information to Johnson County narcotics detectives who assumed the New Whiteland official’s role in the transaction.
On September 10, detectives conducted a controlled buy of 14.9 grams of methamphetamine for $575 from Eicks at a business along U.S. 31. Eicks contacted the detective again on September 15 with an offer to sell him 17 Hydrocodone tablets for $135. Later that day, a controlled buy for the tablets was completed in a parking lot of a Franklin business.
Following the September 15 buy, Eicks was placed under arrest after the undercover officer exited the vehicle where the transaction was conducted. She has been charged with felony drug dealing charges. The case has been forwarded to the Johnson County prosecutor.