INDIANAPOLIS – Matthew Beeler, 32, of Terre Haute, Ind., was sentenced to 183 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
According to court documents, on Nov. 7, 2020, the Terre Haute Police Department and medics responded to a report of a possible heroin overdose of several persons in a Terre Haute residence. Beeler and another individual were found unresponsive prompting medics to administer Narcan. Medics found a large plastic bag containing methamphetamine underneath Beeler’s body while trying to revive him.
While searching for other overdose victims, officers found several firearms, multiple rounds of ammunition and additional methamphetamine, located in plain view in Beeler’s bedroom. Beeler had approximately 2,658 grams of methamphetamine in the residence. The drugs, guns, ammunition, digital scales, and packaging materials were all seized following the execution of a search warrant. All items were present in the home, left unsecured and accessible to children living in the home, putting them at substantial risk.
Zachary A. Myers, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana; Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s Indianapolis Field Office; and Terre Haute Police Chief Sean Keen made the announcement.
DEA and the Terre Haute Police Department investigated the case. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge James R. Sweeney II. As part of the sentence, Judge Sweeney ordered that Beeler be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for five years following his release from federal prison.
U.S. Attorney Myers thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney William McCoskey who prosecuted this case.