LAPAZ — On Saturday, April 12, officers with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department responded to a residence in the 100 block of Vandalia Street in Lapaz for a battery complaint.
Officers observed items in plain view within the residence that qualify as “destructive devices” under Indiana state statute. A search warrant was then applied for and granted.
During that search, officers recovered numerous “destructive devices,” and materials used to manufacture said devices. Officers also recovered firearms, ammunition, high-capacity magazines, and gunpowder along with suspected methamphetamine and evidence of dealing in methamphetamine.
Arrested at the scene was 48-year-old Scott Avila of Lapaz. Avila is currently being held at the Marshall County Jail for dealing in methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of destructive devices.
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department was assisted by the South Bend Police Department Bomb Squad, ATF, and the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department Drug Task Force.
Suspects are considered innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
