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FORT WAYNE — Late Wednesday, Tywan Church, 43, of Fort Wayne, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to distribution of a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
Church was sentenced to 190 months imprisonment, to be followed by four years of supervised release.
According to documents in the case, on three separate occasions in September and October 2022, law enforcement purchased cocaine, cocaine base and methamphetamine from Church at a Fort Wayne motel where he was living. A search of his motel room yielded additional quantities of cocaine base, methamphetamine, fentanyl, a fentanyl analogue, and other drugs. Evidence of drug trafficking as well as a firearm was also found in his room.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration in coordination with the Indiana State Police and the Fort Wayne Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lesley J. Miller Lowery.
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