'Dirty cop' in Fayette County worked as mole for drug dealer, court docs reveal

'Dirty cop' in Fayette County worked as mole for drug dealer, court docs reveal

FAYETTE COUNTY, Ind. — Court documents reveal that the drug dealer behind a multi-million dollar operation in Fayette County had a mole inside the sheriff's department feeding him information and helping him stay one step ahead of police. In October 2022, Tristen Sweney's home in Connersville was swarmed by state police. Inside the house, state troopers found 309 pounds of packaged marijuana, 34 pounds of THC wax and 14,000 THC cartridges. All i…

Former Indiana Chief Deputy Charged With Being Mole for Drug Dealer

A former Indiana county chief deputy has been arrested on multiple counts connected to being a mole inside the sheriff’s office for a drug dealer who was arrested in 2022. The dealer, Tristen Sweney, reportedly called Fayette County Deputy Andrew “Chad” Blaes, 46, on the day his house was raided by state police, demanding to know why he wasn’t informed of the coming raid, WXIN reported. Blaes told him state police had kept the county cops in the…