Plymouth Man Sentenced on Felony Meth Manufacturing Charge

 
 
A Plymouth man who was cooking meth in the basement of a Washington Street residence according to court documents has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Jamie Wacasey, 34, previously pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a housing complex. The charge stems from his April 30 arrest during which items used to make meth were also found in the basement of the Plymouth home. The arrest was a result of a joint investigation between the Plymouth Police, Marshall County Sheriff’s Office and Indiana State Police. Marshall Superior Court Judge Robert O. Bowen ordered four years of Wacasey’s sentence to be suspended and made purposeful incarceration a term. Additionally his sentence will be served concurrently to a proposed one-year sentence that’s pending in Marshall Superior Court for the revocation of Wacasey’s probation.

Travis Howell Sentenced in Marshall County Superior Court

Travis Howell
Travis Howell
An Argos man will spend some time in prison after pleading guilty in a plea agreement with the State in Marshall County Superior Court 1.

Travis Howell, 27, will serve 15 years with three years suspended on a charge of Manufacturing Methamphetamine. Judge Robert O. Bowen also sentenced Howell on Friday to one year imprisonment on a charge of Intimidation with no part of that sentence suspended. The two sentences will run concurrently.

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Plymouth Man Sentenced on Two Serious Felony Charges

Glenn Gridley
Glenn Gridley
A Plymouth man was sentenced in Marshall County Superior Court 1 to ten years on two serious charges.

Glenn Gridley, 53, pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state to a charge of Manufacturing Methamphetamine. He admitted in open court that he had the equipment necessary to manufacture methamphetamine at his home on Bayless Street in Plymouth prior to his arrest on Feb. 7.

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Probation Violations Send Plymouth Man to Prison

Gregory Mullins
Gregory Mullins

A Plymouth man will be going to prison after violating the terms of his probation.

Gregory Mullins, 35, was sentenced on Jan. 10, 2010 to ten years in the Indiana Department of Corrections with four years of that sentence suspended. After his release from prison on Feb. 7, 2012, he was placed on two years of reporting probation. In August of 2012, Assistant Chief Probation Officer Abby Caswell found that Mullins violated probation. Urinalysis examinations returned in September of 2012 that detected the presence of amphetamine and methamphetamine. This led to the filing of the revocation of probation.

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Plymouth Man Sentenced to 20 Years on Child Molesting Charge

Christopher Detrick
Christopher Detrick
A Plymouth man was sentenced to the maximum allowable sentence after pleading guilty in a plea agreement with the State to a charge of Child Molesting, a Class B felony.

Christopher Detrick, 38, pleaded guilty to the offense on Aug. 30 in Marshall County Superior Court 1, just four days before his trial by jury was to begin. During that hearing, Detrick admitted to molesting a 7-year-old girl. The victim, her mother and her sister were living with Detrick at the time. The acts occurred between February 2011 through March 2012.

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Marshall County Jury Finds Defendant Guilty

  A Marshall County jury found Mark Selner guilty on a charge of Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury as a Class C felony. The jury deliberated for an hour and a half before reaching a verdict. Testimony lasted for a day and a half.

Selner was found to have battered James Haddox while both were incarcerated in the Marshall County Jail. Selner insisted that he acted in self-defense. Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Nelson Chipman played a video for the jury where it showed Selner punching Haddox. Selner proceeded to beat Haddox with 22 blows within a 19-second time frame. Seventeen of the strikes were when Haddox was laying on the jail floor.

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Marshall County Man Receives 10 Year Prison Sentence

David Weirick
David Weirick
A ten year sentence was handed down to a Marshall County man in Marshall County Superior Court 1 on Thursday.

Judge Robert O. Bowen accepted a plea agreement between the defendant and the state and sentenced David N. Weirick, 54 of Burr Oak, to 10 years on a charge of Manufacturing Methamphetamine, a Class B felony. Weirick admitted in court that he manufactured the drug in his garage located behind his home on State Road 17 in Burr Oak.

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Additional Appropriations Approved by Marshall County Council

  
 
The Marshall County Council members approved an additional appropriation request by the highway department in the amount of $200,000.

Auditor Penny Lukenbill explained that this claim comes around quarterly where the highway department is reimbursed for the fuel it supplies to the other departments in the county. The highway department purchases all of the fuel and all departments fill up at the highway garage. The department is then reimbursed every quarter with how much is spent on fuel.

The council members also approved an additional appropriation for Superior Court 1 for pauper counsel in the amount of $20,000. The county council were advised that this expense would be coming around this quarter to help keep the fund in the black.

Argos Woman Sentenced to 16 Years for Selling LSD to a Confidential Informant

Lacey Nicole Holzwart
Lacey Nicole Holzwart
A 16-year prison sentence was handed down to a 24-year-old Argos woman in Marshall Superior Court 1 on Thursday.

Senior Judge Walter Palmer sentenced Lacey Nicole Holzwart on a charge of selling LSD to a confidential informant in a controlled buy arrangement. Holzwart had pleaded guilty to the charge in a plea agreement with the state. Two years of that sentence was suspended.

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Knox Woman Sentenced to Ten Years in the DOC

Heather Gutierrez
Heather Gutierrez
A Knox woman was sentenced Thursday to ten years in the Indiana Department of Corrections after a plea agreement between the defendant and the state was accepted by Marshall County Superior Court 1 Senior Judge Walter Palmer.

Heather Gutierrez, 34, was charged with Conspiring to Manufacture Methamphetamine, a Class B felony. She admitted that she agreed to cook pseudoephedrine-based products at a property that is a family housing complex and is immediately adjacent to a public park.

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Marshall County Man Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison

 A Plymouth man was sentenced to 50 years in prison yesterday in Marshall County Superior Court.

Kenneth Schoff, 35, pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state to charges of Conspiracy to Deliver Methamphetamine and Habitual Offender. He had pleaded guilty to the charges in an earlier hearing where the prosecutor and the defense left the sentencing recommendation up to Judge Robert Bowen.

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David Howe Sentenced on a Charge of Manufacturing Methamphetamine

 
 
An Argos man was sentenced in Marshall County Superior Court 1 Friday on a charge of Manufacturing Methamphetamine.

As part of a plea agreement between 44-year-old David E. Howe, 44 and the state that was approved by Judge Robert O. Bowen, Howe was sentenced to 10 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections with four years suspended. Four years were suspended due to Howe’s prior clean record, a positive community life before methamphetamine, his willingness to take immediate responsibility for his actions, and remorse. Howe will be given priority entry into intensive drug treatment while incarcerated. If he successfully completes the treatment, he may petition the court for a modification of his sentence.

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One Marshall County Court to Be Closed Friday for a Period of Time

  
 
Marshall County Superior Court Judge Robert Bowen asked the commissioners this week for permission to close his court Friday for a short period of time.

Judge Bowen explained to the commissioners that he and his staff would like to go to the funeral of former Indiana Governor Otis Bowen in Bremen Friday morning at 11 a.m. ET and would need to close the court from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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