Staff Report

WARSAW — A Cromwell man is facing several charges after allegedly being found with methamphetamine and marijuana.

Lyndale Schmucker, 41, is charged with possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony; one count of possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor; and possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor.

Lyndale Schmucker

According to a probable cause affidavit, on Nov. 15, a NET43 officer saw a blue Ford F-150 with an expired registration plate at a gas station in Kosciusko County.

The officer discovered that the vehicle was registered to Schmucker, who was suspended prior and had an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in Kosciusko Superior Court Two.

The officer saw Schmucker walk into the gas station. He caught Schmucker looking at him from inside the station while he was pumping gas, so he called other officers to watch Schmucker’s vehicle while he drove away.

The other officers moved in to arrest Schmucker as he was leaving the gas station. Schmucker moved away from the officers toward a trash can, and one of them saw him throw something into it.

Officers found a bag on top of the trash that contained a white crystal-like substance that field-tested positive for methamphetamine and weighed 1.8 grams.

Another officer arrived with his drug-detecting K9. The officer had him do an outer air search around the truck, and the K9 alerted to the presence of drugs. Officers searched the vehicle and found a glass smoking device with burnt residue and a hand-rolled “joint” that field-tested presumptive positive for THC and weighed 0.5 gram.

Schmucker told an officer that the glass smoking device belonged to him. He was previously convicted of methamphetamine possession in August 2020 in Kosciusko County.

Schmucker was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on Nov. 15 on a $10,250 surety and cash bond.