United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and Acting U.S. Attorney Tina L. Nommay for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Demetrius Clark, 41, of South Bend, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Clark was sentenced to 135 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release.

According to documents in the case, in February 2024, Clark delivered five pounds of methamphetamine to another distributor. A search warrant was executed at Clark’s home in South Bend resulting in the recovery of an additional five pounds of high-purity methamphetamine along with packaging materials, a firearm, and over $8,000 U.S. currency.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the DEA, including the DEA North Central Laboratory with assistance from the South Bend Police Department, the Fort Wayne Police Department, the Elkhart County Interdiction and Covert Enforcement Unit, and the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Katelan McKenzie Doyle.