Felony court news - Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025

Dealing drugs

A woman was sentenced to serve a decade in prison for dealing narcotics.

Shauna B. Manor, 30, pleaded guilty in Jay Circuit Court to the Level 4 felony. She was sentenced to 10 years in Indiana Department of Correction and given credit for time served. Manor was assessed $189 in court costs and ordered to pay a $200 drug abuse, prosecution, interdiction and correction fee. 

She was recommended for purposeful incarceration, meaning upon completion of a substance abuse treatment program, the court would consider modifying her sentence.  As part of her plea agreement, the following charges were dismissed: a Level 5 felony for possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony for maintaining a common nuisance and a Level 6 felony for unlawful possession of a syringe.

Domestic battery

A Dunkirk man was sentenced to jail after pleading guilty to a lesser charge for domestic battery.

Joshua K. Fields, 43, 506 North Main St., pleaded guilty in Jay Superior Court to domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor. (His charge was lessened from a Level 6 felony.) He was sentenced to one year in Jay County Jail with all but 64 days suspended and given four days credit for time served. Fields was ordered to serve his sentence on home detention and placed on probation for 301 days. He was fined $1, assessed $189 in court costs and ordered to pay a $50 domestic violence prevention and treatment fee.  

As part of his plea agreement, a Level 6 felony for strangulation and a Class A misdemeanor for possession of marijuana were dismissed.