Medaryville Man Receives 40-Year Sentence on Drug, Habitual Offender Sentencing Enhancement Charges

James Miller

A Medaryville man will spend the next 40 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections after receiving his sentence in Marshall County Superior Court 1 Wednesday, April 21.  James Miller, 55, was found guilty in a two-day trial in March on charges of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, and possession of methamphetamine.

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Clarence Shearer Sentenced to 26 Years for LifePlex Carjacking

A man found guilty of a Plymouth carjacking has been sentenced to 26 years in the Indiana Department of Correction, but he still faces charges related to the subsequent police chase, wreck of a police car, and death of a police K-9. The Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office says Clarence Shearer, 33, was sentenced last week in Marshall Superior Court 1, after a jury last month found him guilty of armed robbery and theft.

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Plymouth Mom Sentenced to 30 Years after Infant Dies from Meth-Tainted Breast Milk

A Plymouth mom who admitted to using meth before breastfeeding her two-month-old baby, resulting in the child’s death, has been sentenced to 30 years. On December 19, Ashlee Rans, 36, called 911 saying that she fell asleep and rolled over the infant, who was now cold and not breathing, according to the Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office. But an autopsy determined the cause of death to be acute methamphetamine intoxication.

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