By Liz Shepherd
InkFreeNews

Drew Adym Streeter

WARSAW — A Warsaw man will serve nine years in prison after using a firearm to batter a woman and hold her against her will.

Drew Adym Streeter, 37, Warsaw, was charged with criminal confinement with a deadly weapon, a level 3 felony; and domestic battery with a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony. Three additional criminal charges, including a rape charge, were all dismissed as part of a plea agreement.

Streeter was sentenced in Kosciusko Superior Court One on Thursday, July 20.

For criminal confinement, Kosciusko Superior Court One Judge Karin McGrath sentenced Streeter to 13 years in the Indiana Department of Correction. He also received a three-year DoC sentence for domestic battery, which will run concurrently to the criminal confinement charge.

Nine years of Streeter’s sentence will be executed, and four years were suspended on probation.

A no-contact order between Streeter and the victim remains in effect. He also has 285 days of jail time credit.

At sentencing, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Sobek asked for “tremendous weight” to be given to the victim’s impact statement and how the incident has affected her. He also noted Streeter’s criminal history and multiple instances of violating probation.

Defense Attorney Jay Rigdon described Streeter as self-composed, noting Streeter believed his actions were appropriate at the time.

“Just because he thought that at the time does not justify his responses,” said Rigdon.

Streeter said he understood the victim’s point of view and apologized for his actions, but said the woman was trying to make the situation worse by creating a smear campaign against him.

“I’m having a hard time swallowing that one,” said McGrath about Streeter stating he was a victim of the woman’s impact statement.

On Oct. 8, 2022, a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office deputy and Winona Lake Police officer responded to a domestic battery report. Dispatch said a woman was hiding in a basement from Streeter, who assaulted her.

According to court documents, while searching the home, officers found a firearm near the basement.

The woman told officers she attempted to leave a bedroom when Streeter grabbed an AR-15 style rifle from underneath the bed and said she wasn’t going anywhere. He hit the woman in the head about three or four times with the rifle.

Officers noticed bruises on the woman’s left arm and a large bump on her forehead.

Streeter has a lengthy criminal history, which includes prior convictions for domestic battery, battery by bodily waste to a public safety official, operating while intoxicated, public intoxication, operating a vehicle as a habitual traffic violator and operating a vehicle with a lifetime suspension. All of these cases are from Tippecanoe and Vermillion Counties.