Springfield man arrested in drug raid

A Springfield man with an extensive arrest record was charged with three drug charges after a controlled buy on Tuesday.

The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Response Unit (TRU) and Drug Interdiction and Response Team (DIRT) team executed the search warrant for the residence of Elmer B. Perkins Jr., 49, at 505 S. Livingston St.

The warrant was obtained after DIRT and the Springfield Police Department’s Proactive Crime Unit made multiple controlled buys of heroin from Perkins.

Seized in the drug raid were a pistol, which had been reported stolen, ammunition, four grams of heroin, 27 grams of suspected methamphetamine and digital scales.

Perkins is charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of a weapon by a felon and possession of methamphetamine.

Perkins was already on probation in Sangamon County for manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance and had a traffic warrant.

Perkins is in custody in the Sangamon County Jail on a $50,000 bond.