Muncie man arrested on meth-dealing, firearm charges
MUNCIE, Ind. — A Muncie man is accused of twice selling meth to informants for the Muncie-Delaware County Drug Task Force.
Khiry Hakeem White Sr. also faces a gun-related charge stemming from an earlier conviction.
The 31-year-old Muncie man was arrested this week, when officers also served a search warrant at his home in the 1600 block of West 15th Street.
According to an affidavit, White in April sold more than 10 grams of meth, for $275, to an informant who met him in the area of Walnut and Madison streets on Muncie's south side.
He is also accused of selling more than five grams of the drug, for $100, in mid-October. That transaction allegedly took place near First and Brady streets.
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When White's home was searched this week, authorities said they found a loaded 9mm handgun. Due to a 2008 conviction for aggravated battery, the Muncie man is prohibited from possessing guns.
White was preliminarily charged with two counts of dealing in meth, the more serious of the counts a Level 2 felony carrying up to 30 years in prison.
He was also faces a preliminary charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent.
At the time of this week's arrest, White already faced a total of seven charges in three cases pending in Delaware Circuit Court 1 — three counts of dealing in meth, two counts of dealing in a narcotic drug, and single charges of domestic battery and interference with the reporting of a crime.
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Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.
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