DECATUR COUNTY, IN — A Greensburg man has been sentenced to 16 years after pleading guilty to Dealing in Methamphetamine and Being a Habitual Offender.
Judd Ponsler was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison and four years probation by Decatur Circuit Judge Tim Day.
The prosecution and defense attorneys entered a plea agreement for a total of 16 years, and Judge Day went along with their recommendation.
The charges stemmed from an incident in Greensburg in December 2019.
The State was represented by Decatur County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Doug Brown, whom Prosecutor Nate Harter praised for his work on the case.
“It is important to me that we hold people accountable when they have led lives of crime in our community,” Harter said. “Mr. Ponsler’s choices have landed him in criminal trouble in this community dating back to 1994, or nearly thirty years. Chief Deputy Brown held firm and obtained a conviction both for the charged act of peddling poison into our community and also for being a habitual offender.”
Ponsler has prior felony convictions for two counts of Child Solicitation (Class C Felony), two counts of Theft, Operating While Intoxicated, Operating a Vehicle as a Habitual Traffic Violator (all Class D felonies), and two separate Failures to Register as a Sex Offender, along with various misdemeanors.
“This case was built on solid evidence, provided by the hard work of the narcotics detectives at the Greensburg Police Department. In particular, it’s worth mentioning the outstanding work of Detective Mark Naylor and Chief Mike McNealy, as well as their partners at the Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement Section, without whom the case would not have come together. I am proud to have them as partners in removing chronic offenders from our streets,” said Harter.
