Overview
- Police in Fishers, responding to a Sunday night solicitation call at a neighborhood clubhouse, found candidate Andrew Dezelan in a parked car and reported rapid speech, sweating, a brief struggle, and a bag that field‑tested positive in an on‑scene preliminary test for cocaine.
- Prosecutors filed charges in Hamilton Superior Court for level‑six felony possession of cocaine and misdemeanor resisting law enforcement, and the judge found probable cause and entered a not guilty plea.
- Bond was set at $10,000 cash or surety, and the court scheduled an omnibus hearing for June 9, a final pretrial for September 29, and a jury trial for October 7.
- During the bond hearing, prosecutors told the court Dezelan also has pending cases in Wisconsin that include cocaine possession and operating while intoxicated.
- Dezelan remains on the ballot for the May 5 Democratic primary for the open Senate District 31 seat, which covers parts of Fishers and Lawrence.