(Michigan City, IN) - Arrests have been made in a case involving drugs and use of a gun in Michigan City.
Cassius Dear is charged with level 2 felony dealing in cocaine or a narcotic drug.
His brother, Antawon Dear, is charged with level 4 Fmfelony possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon and level 6 felony criminal recklessness.
According to police, officers on Wednesday about 7 a.m responded to a report of an altercation between the men at York and Main streets. One of the men claimed he was shot at by the other man.
When officers arrived, though, nobody was there.
About 30 minutes later, officers were called to a disturbance in the 600 block of East 11th Street where they found the brothers at a residence with evidence of gunfire along, with a vehicle disabled by gunfire.
During a search of the home, police said a handgun, ammunition, an undisclosed amount of narcotics along with packaging materials were seized.
The brothers are being held in the La Porte County Jail on $50,000 and $20,000 bond respectively.
