Tywan Church, Drug Trafficking, Indiana 2022

FORT WAYNE, IN - A Fort Wayne man was sentenced to 190 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.

Tywan Church, 43, of Fort Wayne, Indiana pleaded guilty to distribution of a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

The crimes took place on three separate occasions in September and October 2022, when law enforcement purchased cocaine, cocaine base, and methamphetamine from Church at a Fort Wayne motel.

A search of Church's motel room yielded additional quantities of cocaine base, methamphetamine, fentanyl, a fentanyl analogue, and other drugs, as well as evidence of drug trafficking and a firearm.

Church was sentenced to 190 months imprisonment, followed by 4 years of supervised release.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration in coordination with the Indiana State Police and the Fort Wayne Police Department.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lesley J. Miller Lowery.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program aimed at reducing violent crime and gun violence in communities across the country.

Tywan Church's real full name is Tywan Church, his exact criminal charges are distribution of a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and he was sentenced to 190 months imprisonment, to be followed by 4 years of supervised release.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndin/pr/fort-wayne-man-sentenced-190-months