Warsaw Man Receives Five-Year Prison Sentence In Drug Case
By Liz Shepherd
InkFreeNews
WARSAW — A Warsaw man will serve five years in prison after a traffic stop resulted in the discovery of methamphetamine.
Jack Reice Byrer, 32, 1177 S. 400W, Warsaw, is charged with possession of methamphetamine with enhancing circumstances, a level 5 felony. Five additional criminal charges, and a separate drug possession case, were all dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
Byrer was sentenced in Kosciusko Circuit Court on Monday, Dec. 5.
For possession of methamphetamine, Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Michael Reed sentenced Byrer to five years in the Indiana Department of Correction. Byrer has 86 days of jail time credit in the case. Reed also recommended Byrer for participation in Recovery While Incarcerated during his prison sentence.
On May 9, a Warsaw Police officer noticed a speeding vehicle and pulled it over, identifying the driver as Byrer. The officer learned Byrer had an active arrest warrant for marijuana possession in Huntington County.
According to court documents, upon searching the vehicle, the officer found 4.6 grams of methamphetamine. Byrer has prior convictions for methamphetamine dealing, marijuana possession, and paraphernalia possession.
At sentencing, Defense Attorney Nick Jacobs requested the court consider suspending two years of Byrer’s five-year sentence on probation, noting two pending cases Byrer currently has.
“I’ve been in this court quite often,” said Byrer. “I really haven’t lived up to the promises I made to myself, and to my family.”
Byrer discussed his involvement in the Kosciusko County Jail’s Living in Transition Effectively program and how it’s helped his decision-making process.
Reed said with Byrer’s prior criminal record, the plea agreement was more than appropriate.