Martin Noble III, 44, of Plymouth, was sentenced on April 4 in Marshall Superior Court 1 to 17.5 years imprisonment at the Indiana Department of Correction for Dealing in Methamphetamine as a Level 2 Felony and Dealing in a Narcotic Drug as a Level 3 Felony. Judge Robert O. Bowen approved an agreement between Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tami Napier and defense attorney June Bules.
In open court, Noble admitted that in April of 2018, he sold “Norco” pills to a confidential informant in an investigation by the Marshall County Undercover Investigation Team (UNIT) in Plymouth. Additionally, pursuant to an executed search warrant of Noble’s home conducted in a joint investigation instituted by the UNIT and the Indiana State Police evidence was obtained from Noble’s house. Evidence collected during the search indicated that Noble was indeed also dealing methamphetamine. Noble later admitted to dealing methamphetamine.
In exchange for a guilty plea, the State dismissed two Level 6 Maintaining a Common Nuisance counts and a Level 4 Dealing in Methamphetamine charge.
The case began in 2018, when the UNIT worked with a confidential informant to purchase pills from Noble. The transaction with Noble occurred at his home and was audio and video recorded which lead to securing a search warrant for his house.
Prosecuting Attorney Nelson Chipman was pleased with the outstanding work of the police officers involved in the investigation and the cooperation of different departments with one another. Chipman emphasized that methamphetamine and prescription pill dealing accounts for a significant amount of drug abuse, overdoses and property crimes. It is critically important to uncover and prosecute cases.
“Methamphetamine is a drug that destroys families and communities. Similarly, the illegal sale of prescription drugs is a significant issue that we are consistently working to eliminate in our community. The damage that these actions have on a community is well documented and can take years to correct. For those reasons, the prosecution of methamphetamine and prescription drug dealing in Marshall County remains a priority in my office. This activity will simply not be tolerated.”
