Prosecutor Secures 17.5 Year Sentence In Drug Dealing Case

The investigation began in October 2019 when officers conducted a controlled drug buy with Gammons.

Photo Courtesy of Jefferson Co. Probationers Office

(Madison, Ind.) - A Madison man, Perry Chilton Gammons, IV, will serve 17 ½ years in prison after pleading guilty to two drug dealing cases in the Jefferson Circuit Court.

The lengthy sentence caps off an investigation into Gammons’s drug activity conducted by a partnership of multiple law enforcement agencies: Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement Section Detective Mark Jenkins, ISP All Crimes Unit Trooper Jordan Craig; the Ohio Valley Crime Suppression Task Force operated by Jefferson County Prosecutor David Sutter and Prosecutor Investigator, Gary Macdonald; and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Detective, Yancy Denning.

The investigation began in October 2019 when officers conducted a controlled drug buy with Gammons. During this operation, Gammons sold several grams of methamphetamine to a police informant.

Later, on December 6, 2019, officers served arrest warrants on a home in Hanover, Indiana. Gammons was at the residence and admitted to officers that he had been staying there. While searching the home officers discovered a black pouch containing over 5 grams of methamphetamine. Gammons admitted that the pouch was his and that he had been dealing methamphetamine for the past year.

The investigation resulted in multiple cases and counts against Gammons for dealing methamphetamine and related crimes. Gammons entered a guilty plea and was convicted of Dealing Methamphetamine as a level 2 felony, and Dealing Methamphetamine as a level 3 felony. Today, Gammons was sentenced in both cases to an aggregate sentence of 17 ½ years in the Indiana Department of Correction.

Regarding the sentence, Prosecutor David Sutter said, “This dangerous activity of peddling poison on our streets should be strictly punished just as it has been in this case. I hope this strong sentence will convince others that dealing drugs is not worth it in Jefferson County.” Sutter went on to commend the work of the drug investigators jointly working the case, “we have a great team working to seek out drug dealers and take them off our streets. As Prosecutor, I will continue to collaborate on and support these important efforts.”