United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Elijah Suggs, 31, of South Bend, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. 

Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and Acting U.S. Attorney M. Scott Proctor for the Northern District of Indiana, announced the sentence on Dec. 18, 2025.

According to documents in the case, over the course of four transactions, Suggs sold a total of about two pounds of methamphetamine to another person in South Bend.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the DEA, with assistance from the St. Joseph County Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Katelan McKenzie Doyle and Lydia T. Lucius.