The Drug Era in the Federal Record — the Cases as the Federal Record Gives Them

2017–2025 · DOJ / N.D. IND. ONLY; NOTHING FROM AGGREGATOR LORE

The shape of the era: Mishawaka's drug era, in the federal record, is a methamphetamine era, prosecuted case by case in the Northern District of Indiana out of houses, a hotel room and an auto shop in this city, by the ATF, the DEA and the FBI working with the Mishawaka Police Department and the county's drug units. The cases below are the federal record's own — Justice Department releases and the sentences they announce — with agencies and dispositions named in each. A defendant's Mishawaka seat is stated as the release states it: resident, house, shop or sale ground.

Francis and Cardona, 2017–2018: Anthony Francis, 20, of Mishawaka, pleaded guilty to distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine: on 30 August 2017 he and Brian Cardona distributed 198 grams to another individual, discussing, during the transaction, much larger quantities of drugs and firearms to come; Francis was on community corrections at the time. Cardona was sentenced on 5 July 2018 to 78 months; Francis was sentenced by Judge Jon E. DeGuilio to 78 months and four years of supervised release. Investigated by the FBI with the DEA, the South Bend Police Department and the Elkhart Police.

Sells, 2018: Jerome Sells, 40, of Mishawaka, was sentenced by Judge Robert L. Miller Jr. to 180 months and five years of supervised release for possession of over 500 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm: on 28 February 2018 he held 790 grams of methamphetamine, 1.2 kilograms of marijuana and two handguns at an auto shop he operated in Mishawaka. Investigated by the ATF with the Indiana State Police, the Elkhart and St. Joseph county police, the St. Joseph County Drug Investigations Unit, the South Bend Police and the Mishawaka Police.

Inghels, 2018: Shane Inghels, 36, of Mishawaka, pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm, and was sentenced by Judge Miller to 235 months — over nineteen years — and four years of supervised release: with outstanding warrants for failure to appear, he had traveled from Mishawaka to Michigan City to sell methamphetamine, the sale ground stated as the release states it. Investigated by the ATF and the LaPorte County Drug Task Force with the Lake County HIDTA, the Indiana State Police, the Michigan City and New Carlisle police and the St. Joseph County Police.

Warren, 2023: Jessie Warren, 44, of Mishawaka, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine — over 220 grams in his possession in December 2022 — and was sentenced by Judge Damon R. Leichty to 100 months and four years of supervised release, in a Project Safe Neighborhoods prosecution. Investigated by the DEA with the Mishawaka Police Department and the Indiana State Police Laboratory.

Husband, 2025: Jamaal Husband, 42, of Mishawaka, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine, and was sentenced by Judge Cristal C. Brisco to 60 months and four years of supervised release: police executing a search warrant at his Mishawaka house found two firearms, about 146 grams of methamphetamine, and smaller amounts of fentanyl, cocaine and marijuana. Investigated by the ATF with the Mishawaka Police Department and the Indiana State Police Laboratory.

Krueger, 2025: Jennifer Krueger, 42, of South Bend — the seat of the conduct was Mishawaka, and it is printed so: in July 2024, law enforcement found her, under an active state arrest warrant for dealing a narcotic drug, at a hotel in Mishawaka with over 50 grams of crystal methamphetamine, thousands of fentanyl pills weighing over 400 grams, and over $58,000 in cash; her history held two prior convictions for dealing narcotic drugs. She pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine and was sentenced by Judge Brisco to 210 months and five years of supervised release. Investigated by the DEA, including its North Central Laboratory, with the Mishawaka Police Department, the Indiana State Police and the St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office.

Scott, 2025: Martel Scott, 35, of South Bend, pleaded guilty to distribution of 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine — sales to buyers in South Bend and Mishawaka on four occasions from July to October 2024, the Mishawaka sales printed at their boundary size — and was sentenced by Judge Leichty to 200 months and five years of supervised release. Investigated by the FBI, the DEA, the Indiana State Police, the South Bend Police Department and the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department.

One boundary line: Kenneth Sanders, 39, of Mishawaka, sentenced in 2019 to 120 months for conspiring to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine and over 100 grams of heroin, ran the conspiracy, on the federal record, out of a home in South Bend; the defendant is this city's, the seat is South Bend's, and the case is lined here at that size and no larger (DEA and ATF; Judge DeGuilio).

Sources:

1. U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Indiana, releases — "Mishawaka Man Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison" (Francis; Cardona's sentence), "Mishawaka Indiana Man Sentenced" (Sells, 180 months), "Mishawaka Man Sentenced To Over 19 Years in Prison For Possessing With The Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine" (Inghels, 235 months), "Mishawaka Man Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison" (Warren), "Mishawaka Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison" (Husband), "South Bend Woman Sentenced to 210 Months in Prison" (Krueger), "South Bend Man Sentenced to 200 Months in Prison" (Scott), "Mishawaka, Indiana Man Sentenced To 120 Months In Prison" (Sanders) — each read first-hand, with the agencies, quantities, judges and sentences as the releases state them.