United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Indiana

12/18/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/19/2025 09:41

South Bend Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison

SOUTH BEND - Yesterday, Elijah Suggs, 31 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 Acting United States Attorney M. Scott Proctor.

Suggs was sentenced to 180 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release.

According to documents in the case, over the course of four transactions, Suggs sold a total of about two pounds of methamphetamine to another person in South Bend.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the St. Joseph County Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Katelan McKenzie Doyle and Lydia T. Lucius.

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