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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA federal grand jury is now charging suspects in an Indianapolis criminal organization with federal racketeering crimes and murder.
Several alleged members of the organization, known as the “Crown Hill Enterprise,” made an initial appearance in federal district court on Friday, after prosecutors updated their 2025 indictment to include 28 counts, including assault, murder and violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, Act.
“The allegations in this indictment describe a criminal organization that maintained a grip on Indianapolis neighborhoods for years through fear, violence, and devastation,” said Tom Wheeler, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, in a press release on Friday. “We will not allow groups that traffic deadly drugs, terrorize residents, and retaliate against witnesses to operate with impunity. We are grateful for the outstanding work of our federal, state, and local partners whose collaboration made today’s charges possible.”
According to court documents, from early 2019 to December 2024, Crown Hill Enterprise allegedly used 11 “trap houses” across Indianapolis to distribute various drugs, including methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin.
Prosecutors say the organization made fake business entities to hide its profits.
The organization’s members, including the defendants, also intimidated and retaliated against potential witnesses to law enforcement, prosecutors say. On April 23, 2024, gang members fired gunshots and threw Molotov cocktails at the residence of someone they thought provided information to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office
And on Nov. 3, Tanesha Turner, 40, and another associate allegedly kidnapped someone who owed the organization $40. Dunn later shot and wounded the person, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The next day, prosecutors say, Dunn fatally shot another person after they disrespected Turner by slamming the door of a trap house.
“This type of alleged drug dealing and violence ruins communities, people, and their families,” said A. Tysen Duva, the assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, in Friday’s press release. “Drugs and gang violence are a scourge. These groups will be dismantled and prosecuted.”
Over multiple search warrants, law enforcement officers seized 35 firearms, a machine-gun conversion device, drug contraband and cash.
Law enforcement arrested the defendants last spring.
The case is USA v. MASON et al, 1:25-cr-00054.
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