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South Bend Man Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison For Controlled Substance OffenseArticle

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Release details

Date published

2026-06-04

Issuing DOJ office / component

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); USAO - Indiana, Northern

Topic / offense category

Drug Trafficking

Publisher

U.S. Department of Justice

Official source (justice.gov)

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndin/pr/south-bend-man-sentenced-151-months-prison-controlled-substance-offense-0

Full text (as published by the DOJ)

SOUTH BEND – Michael Carpenter, 39 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco after pleading guilty to distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred.Carpenter was sentenced to 151 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release.“The Defendant will spend over twelve years in prison because he chose to distribute about 352 grams of methamphetamine. Thanks to the efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Assistant United States Attorney Joel Gabrielse, the Defendant was prosecuted and sentenced for peddling this poison,” said U.S.

Attorney Adam Mildred.This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Joel Gabrielse.

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South Bend Man Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison For Controlled Substance Offense. U.S. Department of Justice, 2026-06-04. Reproduced by ProofAML as an enforcement-matter document record. Official source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndin/pr/south-bend-man-sentenced-151-months-prison-controlled-substance-offense-0. URL: https://proofaml.com/articles/south-bend-man-sentenced-to-151-months-in-prison-for-controlled-substance-offense-doje7caf1d1edcd/

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