A 30-year-old Logansport woman has been sentenced to 38 years in prison for dealing a controlled substance resulting in death.
Cass County Prosecutor Noah Schafer announced in a press release that Thursday, Aug. 14, Kayla M. Lincoln, 30, Logansport, was sentenced to 38 years in the Indiana Department of Correction for Dealing in a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death, a Level 1 Felony. The sentence followed Lincoln’s entry of an open plea to the court earlier this year on May 22.
A probable cause affidavits filed revealed that around midnight on September 2, 2023, a victim died of an overdose from drugs. It was later learned the drugs had been dealt by Lincoln. Life-saving measures were performed by officers from the Logansport Police Department, who arrived on scene before Cass County EMS could take over. An autopsy later confirmed that the cause of death was combined intoxication of Fentanyl, Acetyl Fentanyl and Methamphetamine. The Indiana State Police Laboratory identified the same substances in the drugs dealt to the victim by Lincoln.
An investigation led by Logansport Police Detective Detective Clayton Frye discovered that Lincoln had knowledge about the victim becoming sober prior to delivering the fatal controlled substances. Investigation further revealed the involvement of codefendants Amber Bradley and Anton Matthews, and that Lincoln obtained the drugs from Matthews with Bradley as an intermediary. Court documents stated that Bradley drove Lincoln to the victim’s house to deliver the drugs in exchange for money. Just hours later the victim succumbed to an overdose from those substances.
Co-Defendant Amber Bradley plead guilty previously and received a twenty-year sentence to the Indiana Department of Correction for her role in the death. Co-Defendant, Anton Matthews plead guilty previously and received a forty-year sentence to the Indiana Department of Correction for his role in the death.
On Thursday, Lincoln was sentenced to 38-years to the Indiana Department of Correction with the last three years to be suspended to probation.
Prosecutor Schafer thanked Deputy Prosecutor Lisa Kempf for her prosecution of all three dealers involved, further stating, “Our hearts go out to the family of the victim of this crime. With them, we express our gratitude for the work of the officers of LPD in this case, particularly Detective Frye. Dealers of fentanyl and other dangerous street drugs are literal merchants of death, and we are resolved to bring serious consequences to those who would so poison our community.”
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