Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016

Dealing
Three Jay County residents were sentenced recently in Jay Circuit Court on drug dealing charges.
Brittany Cochran, 22, Pennville, pleaded guilty to dealing methamphetamine, a Level 5 felony. She was sentenced Nov. 21 to three years in Indiana Department of Correction with 18 months suspended and placed on formal probation. She was given credit for 18 days already served and assessed court costs of $183.
She must pay a $200 drug abuse, prosecution, interdiction and correction fee. As part of a plea agreement, charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of criminal reagents with intent to manufacture a controlled substance and possession of paraphernalia were dismissed.
Jeffery Roberts, 46, Portland, pleaded guilty to charges of dealing methamphetamine, a Level 5 felony, and was sentenced Nov. 15 to three years in Indiana Department of Correction with 18 months suspended. He was given one day of credit and assessed $183 in court costs.
He was ordered to pay $200 drug abuse, prosecution, interdiction and correction fee and a $400 Jay Superior Court Substance Abuse Program fee.
Roberts’ sentence is to be served consecutively to a sentence imposed in Adams County. As part of a plea agreement, a charge of maintaining a common nuisance was dismissed. He was placed on formal probation of 18 months.
Nicholas W. Tressler, 27, Portland, pleaded guilty to dealing a narcotic drug, a Level 5 felony, and was sentenced to 3.5 years in Indiana Department of Correction. He was assessed $183 in court costs and ordered to pay a $200 drug abuse, prosecution, interdiction and correction fee. As part of a plea agreement, a count of dealing a narcotic drug was dismissed.