Starke Circuit Court Judge Sentences Shawn Centers, Dana Boyd

Starke Circuit Court Judge, Kim Hall, recently sentenced two offenders to the Indiana Department of Corrections.

Shawn Centers

Shawn Centers, 35, of Knox, plead guilty to a charge of Dealing in Methamphetamine, a Class B Felony. In August, police executed a search warrant on a shed at 508 S. Shield St. where they recovered several items used to manufacture methamphetamine. Judge Hall sentenced Centers to 12 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections. None of the sentence was suspended. The Judge recommended that Centers be placed into the DOC’s treatment program for methamphetamine.

Dana Boyd

Dana Boyd, 21, of Knox, was sentenced to serve four years in the Indiana Department of Corrections after she violated probation by failing to comply with Court-ordered drug treatment program, failing to report to probation and testing positive for methamphetamine. Her probation was terminated and she was ordered to the DOC. None of the sentence was suspended. Boyd was recommended to be placed into the DOC’s treatment program for methamphetamine.