SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The United States Attorney’s Office Northern District of Indiana announced 50-year-old Timothy Hampton, of Michigan City, was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to Distributing Methamphetamine.

Hampton was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release.

Court documents state in August and September 2024 Hampton distributed high-purity methamphetamine to buyers.

Authorities then executed a search warrant at Hampton’s home which resulted in the recovery of additional methamphetamine along with scales and other drug paraphernalia.