Three people have been apprehended following a coordinated operation involving the South Bend Police Department’s Strategic Focus Unit and SWAT Team on Thursday, April 24.
Authorities from the SFU were conducting surveillance in the 400 block of W. Marion Street when they identified a wanted felon, 49-year-old Terrance Snelling, Jr. With assistance from the Real-Time Crime Center, officers observed Snelling entering a residence on Marion Street. Initial attempts to establish contact with Snelling were unsuccessful, prompting SFU officers to call in SWAT and the Hostage/Crisis Negotiation team.
After several hours of negotiation, Snelling voluntarily surrendered without incident. A subsequent search of the residence uncovered a cache of illegal substances and a firearm. This discovery led to the arrest of two additional individuals found inside the residence: 70-year-old Donald Anderson and 46-year-old Jameelah Thompson.
Snelling faces preliminary charges including possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, drug dealing offenses involving cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana, as well as burglary and residential entry. Anderson and Thompson are similarly charged with drug offenses, including possession and dealing of controlled substances.
All three suspects have been transported to the St. Joseph County Jail pending formal charges from the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office.
