United States Drug Enforcement Administration

INDIANAPOLIS - Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Sierra Goode, 33, and Cody Stonehouse, 32, both of Indianapolis, have been sentenced to 70 and 63 months in federal prison respectively after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine. Cody Stonehouse was sentenced in July 2021.

According to court documents, on Oct. 9, 2020, DEA agents witnessed Stonehouse sell 40 grams of a substance containing methamphetamine to an individual. On Dec. 9, 2020, agents once again witnessed Stonehouse sell 140 grams of a substance containing methamphetamine to another individual. Agents approached the vehicle where the transaction took place and arrested Stonehouse. Agents located 140 grams of methamphetamine on the console and front passenger seat where Stonehouse was sitting.

Sierra Goode was identified as the source of supply for Stonehouse, distributing three ounces of methamphetamine to him for $1,950. Shortly after, IMPD officers conducted a traffic stop on Goode. Goode admitted to selling the methamphetamine to Stonehouse. During a search of Goode’s vehicle, officers located a digital scale and $1,950. Lab tests determined that the actual amount of methamphetamine distributed was 50.8 grams.

Randal Taylor, Chief of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department joined DEA ASAC Gannon and U.S. Attorney Myers in making the announcement.

“Methamphetamine traffickers continue to inflict serious harm on our families and neighbors,” said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, Zachary A. Myers. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office remains committed to working with our federal, state, and local partners to do our part in getting these dangerous drugs off the street and holding traffickers accountable.”

DEA and IMPD investigated this case. The sentences were imposed by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt and U.S. District Court Judge James R. Sweeney. The District Judges ordered that Goode be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for three years, and Stonehouse be supervised for two years following their release from federal prison. Stonehouse was also ordered to pay a $100 fine.

U.S. Attorney Myers thanked Assistant United States Attorney Jayson W. McGrath, who prosecuted this case.