Meth Bust: Identical twins among three arrested
Tim Hrenchir
threnchir@cjonline.com
Identical twins were among three people arrested as narcotics officers seized methamphetamine and guns Thursday morning from a house in southeast Topeka.
Shawnee County Sheriff Brian C. Hill identified those in custody as Walter U. O'Handlen and William C. O'Handlen, both 51, and Stella M. Hillis, 46, all of Topeka.
Hill said the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office Drug Enforcement Task Force – consisting of deputies and officers from the sheriff's office, the Rossville Police Department and the Topeka police narcotics unit – seized guns and an unspecified amount of methampetamine while executing a search warrant at a house in the 3300 block of S.E. Girard.
"Multiple individuals were located and initially detained for the investigation," Hill said.
Hillis and the O'Handlens were each arrested in connection with one count each of possessing methamphetamine and possessing drug paraphernalia, Hill said.
William O'Handlen was also arrested in connection with the criminal use of a weapon, he said.
The three were being held without bond Friday in the Shawnee County Jail, according to the jail's website.
The O'Handlen twins were both born Oct. 3, 1968, that site said.
The investigation that brought about Thursday's arrests was continuing, Hill said.