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Edwin Harrison, age 43, of Springfield, was slapped with several charges after he was arrested following a drug deal in the city around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, Springfield Police report.
Harrison was the suspect of an illegal firearms and narcotics investigation under the Springfield Police Firearms Investigation Unit for weeks, police said. That investigation led the FIU to catch Harrison after he left a drug transaction on the 100 block of Mill Street.
When officers tried to stop Harrison, he drove his car in reverse, onto the sidewalk and tried to escape police. Harrison then hit a parked car and ran away, police said. He was eventually taken into custody while hiding on a roof of a carport on Grosvenor Street.
Officers also took a loaded firearm and about 16 grams of cocaine from Harrison. Detectives also seized $467 in cash, another 28 grams of crack-cocaine, 97 bags of heroin and 45 pills believed to be MDMA, police said. Harrison was charged with the following:
- Carrying a Firearm without a License – 2nd Offense
- Carrying a Firearm without a License
- Firearm Violation with 3 Prior Violent/Drug Crimes
- Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm
- Cocaine Trafficking 36-100 Grams
- Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony (4 Counts)
- Parole Warrant Violation
- Operating a Motor Vehicle with a Suspended License
- Reckless Operation of a Motor Vehicle
- Failure to Stop for Police
- Distribution of a Class B Drug
- Possession with the Intent to Distribute a Class A Drug – Subsequent Offense
- Possession with the Intent to Distribute a Class B Drug
Harrison has prior convictions of firearm, assault and battery with a knife and cocaine distribution charges, police said.
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