Two Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court

Two people were sentenced Wednesday morning in Starke Circuit Court.

Dallas Sheets, 19, of Knox pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state to a charge of residential entry as a Level 6 felony. He admitted to entering his father and step mother’s house without permission and took a futon. The incident occurred on Sept. 19, 2017. Sheets was sentenced to 12 months in the Starke County Justice Center. That sentence was suspended to be served on probation. Sheets will have to complete all programs recommended by the Starke County Probation officers. If he violates his terms of probation, he will have to serve the remainder of his term in the Starke County Justice Center.

Theresa Schwartz MacDaniel, 50, of Winamac pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state to a charge of possession of a narcotic drug as a Level 6 felony. She admitted to Starke Circuit Court Judge Kim Hall that she was in possession of hydrocodone without a prescription in an incident that occurred on June 29, 2016. She was sentenced to 12 months in the Starke County Justice Center with all of the sentence suspended to be served on administrative probation. She will need to undergo drug treatment programs as recommended by the Starke County Probation officers.