GREENSBURG, Ind. — A Rushville man was arrested in Greensburg for multiple drug-related charges.
According to police, emergency personnel responded to a call at a residence in Greensburg regarding an unresponsive male. When officers arrived, they noticed Richard Eckel, 43, sitting in the front seat of a truck. Officers secured a knife that was inside Eckel’s pocket.
Police say EMS found a prescription bottle containing a brown powder substance. EMS began treating Eckel as an overdose. Medics told officers that Eckel admitted to them that the substance was heroin.
Officers found a hollowed out pen in the truck that also contained a brown powder substance. A search of the vehicle also turned up a glass pipe, marijuana, and a smoking pipe with the smell of marijuana coming from it. At the hospital officers say Eckel told them he snorted heroin.
Eckel faces charges of Possession of a Narcotic Drug, Maintaining a Common Nuisance, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Paraphernalia.
