By Liz Shepherd
InkFreeNews

Bradford Wayne Scarbro

WARSAW — A Milford man will serve 10 years in prison after a traffic stop resulted in the discovery of more than 120 grams of methamphetamine.

Bradford Wayne Scarbro, 33, 20292 US Highway 6, Milford, was charged with dealing methamphetamine, a level 3 felony; and failure to appear, a level 6 felony. Four additional criminal charges and three criminal cases were all dismissed as part of a plea agreement.

Scarbro was sentenced in Kosciusko Circuit Court on Monday, Nov. 15.

On Aug. 19, 2020, a Warsaw Police officer noticed a vehicle traveling south on Detroit Street. The officer pulled the vehicle over upon recognizing it from prior incidents and knew the vehicle was improperly registered.

According to court documents, the vehicle’s driver, identified as Scarbro, told the officer he did not have a driver’s license. A K9 unit alerted to the presence of drugs in Scarbro’s vehicle.

While searching Scarbro’s vehicle, officers found a locked container with four bags of methamphetamine that weighed more than 120 grams, and a silver container with 1.9 grams of methamphetamine.

Scarbro told officers he had just purchased over three ounces of methamphetamine and admitted he was going to sell a third-party half an ounce that evening for $500. He also admitted that he sold methamphetamine to multiple people in different amounts.

During court proceedings, Defense Attorney Scott Reust said Scarbro has been accepted into the county’s work release program. He said the core of Scarbro’s crimes relates to substance abuse.

“He wants help and is seeking help,” said Reust.

Scarbro said his lifestyle choices were wrong and expressed his desire to participate in rehabilitative programs for addiction.

“I’m not a monster, but an addict who has lost his way,” said Scarbro.

For dealing methamphetamine, Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Michael Reed sentenced Scarbro to nine years in the Indiana Department of Correction. He also received a one-year prison sentence for failure to appear.

“The sentence is not for being an addict,” said Judge Reed. “It’s for your criminal conduct in selling meth. We can’t have that.”

In total, Scarbro will serve 10 years in DoC. The case will be served consecutively to a prior misdemeanor case.

Judge Reed recommended Scarbro for the Recovery While Incarcerated program while he serves his prison sentence.