2 get prison time in meth manufacture case

Two Logansport residents were sentenced in Cass Superior Court 2 on Tuesday on one count each of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine — a Level 4 felony.

Judge Richard Maughmer sentenced Donavon Stark, 30, to six years — 2,190 days — in the Indiana Department of Correction. Four of those years will be served in prison, minus 156 days jail credit. The remaining two years of Stark's sentence will be spent on probation.

Per terms of a plea agreement, several counts were dismissed, including manufacturing methamphetamine, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of paraphernalia and possession of methamphetamine.

Maughmer also sentenced Sonya Regan, 30, to five years — 1,825 days — in the Indiana DOC. Three of those years will be served in prison, minus 157 days jail credit. Like Stark, the remaining two years of Regan's sentence will also be spent on probation.

Several counts against Regan were dismissed, including felony counts of manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of a syringe, maintaining a common nuisance and misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and possession of paraphernalia, per terms of an earlier plea agreement.

Maughmer said both Stark and Regan's sentences could possibly be modified upon completion of a drug treatment program.

The sentences are the result of an anonymous tip that was given to police in August 2017 that stated people were manufacturing methamphetamine at an abandoned house in the 100 block of West Ottawa Street, a probable cause filed through Cass Superior 2 stated.

When Cass County Sheriff Department deputies Ryan Preston and Nick Bowyer arrived at the residence, they observed both Stark and Regan exiting the front door, the affidavit stated. Stark told the officers that the abandoned house belonged to a member of his family, court records indicated.

In an upstairs bedroom, police located a digital scale and a crate that included three Zippo brand lighter fluid containers, a CVS brand cold pack, a partially full container of Morton salt, a clear tube and multiple coffee filters, the affidavit stated.

The affidavit also stated that in the same room, police located a drawer containing a stripped lithium battery, aluminum foil and a coffee filter with a white powdery substance inside and a bag containing two grinders.

During a search of Regan's purse, officers also confiscated several syringes and a bag that contained a white powdery substance, court records stated. That substance later tested positive as probable methamphetamine.

At Tuesday's sentencing hearings, Regan was represented by Attorney Michael Boonstra, and Stark was represented by Jay Hirschauer. The state was represented by Prosecutor Thomas Lupke.

Reach Kim Dunlap at kim.dunlap@pharostribune.com or 574-732-5150.

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