Warsaw Man Receives Four Years In Prison For Burglary
By Liz Adkins
InkFreeNews
Earl Dean Shepherd
WARSAW — A Warsaw man will serve four years in prison for burglarizing the residence of a recently deceased person.
Earl Dean Shepherd, 53, 2441 W. 250S Lot 136, Warsaw, was charged with burglary, a level 5 felony; possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony; and false informing, a class B misdemeanor. Three additional criminal charges were all dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
Shepherd was sentenced in Kosciusko Superior Court One on Thursday, July 11.
For burglary, Kosciusko Superior Court One Judge Karin McGrath sentenced Shepherd to four years in the Indiana Department of Correction. He also received two years in DOC for meth possession and a six-month DOC sentence for false informing. Both the meth possession and false informing sentences will be served at the same time, but back-to-back to the burglary sentence. The meth possession and false informing sentences were also suspended on probation.
In total, Shepherd received a six-year sentence, with four years executed and two years suspended on probation. He has 119 days of jail time credit and is trespassed from the property he burglarized.
Shepherd must also pay $55,950 in restitution to the property’s owners, which will be paid joint and several with any convicted co-defendants in the burglary case.
On Jan. 31, an Indiana State Police trooper noticed a speeding vehicle south of North Webster and pulled the vehicle over. The vehicle’s driver, later identified as Shepherd, provided the trooper with a false name.
According to court documents, Shepherd admitted to lying about his identity because he thought there was a warrant for his arrest. Upon searching Shepherd’s vehicle, the trooper found a bag containing 0.5 grams of meth under the vehicle’s driver’s seat.
On March 16, a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a burglary at a residence on Old SR 15. A woman said her deceased mother’s residence had been ransacked. The mother passed away in December 2023.
Law enforcement noticed a glass pane was missing from the residence’s garage window and also discovered pry marks on the door between the house and garage. Several items were also stolen from the property.
Shepherd admitted to breaking into the home two times and stealing a Ford Focus from the property.
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