Kosciusko County JCAP Graduate To Serve Seven-Year Sentence Locally
By Liz Shepherd
InkFreeNews
Donald Michael Chadwick Jr.
WARSAW — A recent Kosciusko County Jail Chemical Addiction Program graduate will serve a seven-year sentence locally.
Donald M. Chadwick Jr., 50, Warsaw, is charged with dealing methamphetamine, a level 3 felony; and possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony. An additional meth possession charge and a separate drug possession case were both dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
Chadwick was sentenced in Kosciusko Circuit Court on Monday, Oct. 30.
For dealing meth, Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Michael Reed sentenced Chadwick to six years in the Kosciusko County Jail. The first four years can be served through work release, and the last two years can be served through either work release or community corrections. Chadwick also received a one-year KCJ sentence for meth possession, with the entirety of that sentence suspended on probation. Both cases will be served back-to-back.
Chadwick has 523 days, or about 1.4 years, of jail time credit.
In total, Chadwick received a seven-year sentence, with the first six years to be served through alternative sentencing programs and the last year suspended on probation.
At sentencing, Defense Attorney Austin Rovenstine said Chadwick had been a law-abiding citizen until these cases occurred. He said a personal loss in Chadwick’s family led to a downward spiral.
Chadwick said he was thankful for the opportunity to participate in JCAP, which he graduated from on Oct. 25.
“Good work so far but keep going,” said Reed.
On April 23, 2021, an officer with the NET 43 Drug Task Force pulled over a speeding vehicle, with the driver also failing to use a turn signal when switching lanes on US 30.
According to court documents, the vehicle’s driver was later identified as Chadwick. A K9 unit at the scene alerted to drugs in the vehicle and officers found 56.2 grams of meth, two iPhones and $1,218 in cash.
Chadwick admitted to dealing meth on April 22, 2021.
On April 21, 2022, a Warsaw Police officer saw a vehicle fail to signal a turn in the area of East CR 200N. The officer pulled the vehicle over and identified its driver as Chadwick. A K9 unit at the scene alerted to drugs in the vehicle.
Upon searching the vehicle, officers found 2.7 grams of meth.
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