Niles man jailed for selling weed

Published 12:35 pm Friday, August 23, 2013

CASSOPOLIS — A Niles man caught smoking marijuana in a vehicle with a college roommate is headed to jail.

Judge Michael Dodge sentenced Milton B. Emmans, 26, to two years probation and 120 days in Cass County Jail Friday in Cass County Circuit Court.

A police officer responding to a complaint of a suspicious vehicle found Emmans and a friend smoking weed in a vehicle parked on Ironwood Road and Old Post Road in Milton Township March 15.

Emmans’ friend, a college roommate of Emmans, told police he had purchased $20 worth of weed from Emmans.

That led to Emmans being charge of and pleading guilty to felony delivery of a controlled substance, which carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison.

Emmans was facing sentencing guidelines of five to 28 months, but Dodge deviated below the guidelines.

Dodge is allowing Emmans to serve the final 60 days on tether. He has credit for one day served.

Also Friday:

• Christopher Martin Parker, 42, of Dowagiac was sentenced to a year in jail for felony domestic violence. He pleaded guilty to severely beating his girlfriend in November 2012. The victim died in April of a drug overdose.

• Jamel Raheem Vincent, 19, of Dowagiac received 210 days in jail on a charge of resisting and obstructing a police officer. Vincent was intoxicated when he and another man decided to run from a Dowagiac police officer in February.

• William Luther Schrimsher, 31, of Union, was sentenced to a year in jail on several charges, including resisting and obstructing a police officer causing injury. Schrimsher assaulted an officer who was responding to a domestic incident on Hazel Court in Porter Township in March.

• Ruby Lyndora Belew, 44, of Marcellus, was sentenced to two years probation and 180 days in jail on a charge of possession of heroin as a habitual offender. Belew overdosed on heroin in May, resulting in the charge. She is allowed to serve the sentence on tether and must successfully complete Adult Treatment Court.

• Jerry Henry Owens, 45, of Dowagiac, was sentenced on his birthday to credit for time served of 85 days on a charge of possession of cocaine as a habitual offender. Police found a crack pipe in a vehicle in which Owens was a passenger during a traffic stop in Dowagiac in May.

• Jennifer Dawn Littlefield, 43, of Cassopolis, was sentenced to two years probation on several methamphetamine-related charges, including maintaining a laboratory involving hazardous waste. Police acting on a warrant found a meth lab in Littlefield’s home on Calvin Center Road in Calvin Township in March. Dodge ordered Littlefield to successfully complete Family Treatment Court.