A showing of officials, including Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Assistant Chief Chris Bailey and Fishers Chief of Police Ed Gebhart, gathered to appear before the media Monday afternoon, revealing how two arrests in Fishers, related to the shooting death of Fishers police dog Harlej, led to arrests in an Indianapolis crime spree.
Police say the three arrests were related to two deaths and impacted the lives of 18 people in the Indianapolis area. A firearm recovered after the arrests related to the shooting of K9 Harlej was used to link that weapon with other crimes.
Those three individuals were charged with the following:
- Richard Garrett: 23 counts, including two counts of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, six counts of criminal recklessness, pointing a firearm, seven counts of battery, aggravated battery, armed robbery, and four counts of carrying a handgun without a license.
- Delance Hatcher: 15 counts, including murder, conspiracy to commit murder, five counts of criminal recklessness, pointing a firearm, three counts of battery, armed robbery and three counts of carrying a handgun without a license.
- Rashaana Farrow: 15 counts, including murder, conspiracy to commit murder, four counts of criminal recklessness, five counts of battery and four counts of carrying a handgun without a license.
According to Gebhart, just since March of 2019, 84 firearms somehow related to criminal activity have been taken off the streets of Fishers by his officers, and 56 of those weapons have been checked out and found to have been used in another crime. Gebhart told LarryInFishers a majority of those firearms were seized in activity near 96th Street, although the enhanced commercial activity along 116th Street has shown an increase in weapons seizures there lately.
The main theme of the Monday news conference was collaboration among the many communities that make up the Indianapolis Metropolitan Area.
“Crime does not respect political boundaries,” Fadness said. “It doesn’t care whether you are a Republican or Democrat. All it cares about is causing chaos among the streets of our city as well as the streets of Indianapolis.”