DECATUR COUNTY, IN — A North Vernon man was sentenced to a total of 26 years after he pleaded guilty Monday in Decatur Circuit Court to drug charges.
Tyler Hahn entered the plea to Dealing in Methamphetamine and to Being a Habitual Offender.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed that 20 years of the sentence should be served in prison, with two years of home detention and the four remaining years on probation.
Decatur Circuit Judge Tim Day went along with the recommendation.
Hahn admitted to working with others to distribute pounds of meth valued at thousands of dollars throughout Southeastern Indiana.
Court documents indicate he has five prior felony convictions dating back to 2016.
These include Failure to Return to Lawful Detention, Dealing in Marijuana, Possession of Methamphetamine, Failure to Appear, Possession of Methamphetamine, (all Level 6 felonies), as well as various misdemeanors.
“Drug dealing in the quantity that Hahn engaged in is the highest level of dealing Indiana law addresses. Here, Hahn benefits from having cooperated with law enforcement, confessing to what he did,” said Decatur County Prosecutor Nate Harter. “It is my hope that drug dealers are watching the sentences being entered in Decatur County and reconsidering whether they want to do business here.”
Harter recognized Greensburg Police Detectives Mark Naylor and Mike Colson, Greensburg Assistant Police Chief Brandon Meyer, and the Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement Section for their work on this case.
