By Liz Shepherd
InkFreeNews

Kelsea Leigh Carver

WARSAW — A Cromwell woman will serve a three-year sentence locally after being found in possession of methamphetamine while in the presence of two children.

Kelsea Leigh Carver, 25, 11918 N. Sir Gallahad Place, Cromwell, was charged with possession of methamphetamine, a level 5 felony; and neglect of a dependent, a level 6 felony. Four additional criminal charges, as well as two additional methamphetamine possession cases, were all dismissed as part of a plea agreement.

Carver was sentenced in Kosciusko Circuit Court on Monday, May 16.

On Oct. 18, 2021, a North Webster Police officer was on patrol when he pulled into a gas station and noticed a vehicle sitting at one of the gas pumps. When the officer approached the vehicle, he noticed two young children in the backseat and a person, later identified as Carver, who appeared to be passed out in the driver’s seat.

After several attempts, the officer was able to wake Carver up. When Carver tried to respond to the officers’ questions, she was very hard to understand and seemed lethargic. Upon being asked if there was anything in the vehicle the officer should know about, Carver said she would “never do anything like that” with the children in the vehicle.

While searching the vehicle, officers found 4.4 grams of methamphetamine.

For possession of methamphetamine, Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Michael Reed sentenced Carver to three years at the Kosciusko County Jail. She also received a one-year sentence at KCJ for neglect of a dependent. Both counts will be served concurrently, or at the same time. The last two years of Carver’s sentence were suspended on probation.

She also has 141 days of jail time credit, plus good time credit as calculated.

In total, Carver received a three-year KCJ sentence, with one year executed and two years on probation.