Democratic State Senate candidate arrested for cocaine possession & resisting officer

Submitted by Fishers Police Department

Around 8 p.m. Sunday, April 26, officers with the Fishers Police Department were dispatched to a person said to be soliciting in a Fishers neighborhood.

Dezelan

Officers found Andrew Dezelan, 38, in his vehicle at the neighborhood’s clubhouse. Dezelan wouldn’t give a clear answer to the responding officer why he was in the neighborhood but said he had received permission from an HOA board member.

The responding officer noticed Dezelan was displaying signs of someone under the influence of narcotics.

When the officer asked for his ID, Dezelan put his vehicle in reverse and attempted to leave. Dezelan stopped the vehicle when instructed but didn’t initially comply. Dezelan resisted being put in handcuffs several times before finally complying.

During a search of his vehicle officers found a small bag of a substance that field tested positive for cocaine.

Dezelan was arrested for possession of cocaine and resisting law enforcement and is being held in the Hamilton County Jail.

Editor’s note: Andrew Dezelan is a candidate for State Senate District 31 in the Democratic primary.

All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until, and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.