Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney's Office
Northern District of Indiana
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Thomas L Kirsch II
Contact: Ryan Holmes
Rochester, Indiana Man Sentenced To 77 Months in Prison
SOUTH BEND – Travis Norman, age 30, of Rochester, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller upon his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U. S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
Norman was sentenced to 77 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release.
According to documents in this case, on October 4, 2018, Rochester Police were dispatched to a local hotel in response to a complaint. They located Travis Norman in a hotel room along with seven grams of methamphetamine, three grams of heroin, drug paraphernalia, a large amount of United States currency, and a loaded Smith and Wesson handgun. At the time of this arrest, Mr. Norman had been recently convicted of Dealing Methamphetamine in Marshall County.
The case was investigated by the ATF with the assistance of the Rochester Police Department and was handled by Assistant United States Attorney Kimberly Schultz.
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