Jeremy Kirk
HANCOCK COUNTY — A local man charged with possession of methamphetamine, Jeremy Kirk, 39, Greenfield, entered into a plea agreement in Hancock County Circuit Court late last week.
Kirk, was given a four-year term from an incident in December 2019. The plea agreement, which was accepted by Judge Scott Sirk on Thursday, Aug. 4 ended up with Kirk getting 466 days of jail credit while 994 days of the term were suspended to formal probation.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Kirk was one of three people associated with a tightly packed parcel with a pound of methamphetamine found inside of it when it was intercepted at a distribution facility in Indianapolis by a drug-sniffing dog.
Jacqueline Anderson, 36, Kentucky, is still facing three felony drug charges with a final pretrial conference set for Thursday, Aug. 11 in Circuit Court. A third person, Josh Pope, 47, Mount Summit, had the charges against him dismissed, court records show.
According to a probable cause affidavit, the parcel, a cardboard box measuring 16-by-10-by-10 inches, contained a pound of a crystalline substance that had been wrapped in plastic. The package, from an address in Los Angeles, was being sent to an address in the 1600 block of West New Road in Greenfield. It was intercepted at a distribution center in Indianapolis with the help of a K-9 officer.
The crystalline substance field-tested positive for methamphetamine, the affidavit said.
Authorities resealed the package for delivery, but not before adding an electronic signaling device and a GPS tracking device, the affidavit said.
The package was delivered on Friday, Aug. 7, 2019 to the Greenfield address. After the package was taken into the residence, police quickly arrived with a search warrant, the affidavit said.
