COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – One of five suspects arrested last October on various drug related charges following a Coldwater Police Department investigation into alleged heroin and methamphetamine activity at a residence on South Polk Street was sentenced to 18 months probation Monday in Branch County Circuit Court.
Heather Marie Royer entered a no contest plea to a charge of maintaining a drug house.
She was also given credit for one day served in jail. A nine month jail sentence was suspended.
Her husband James Scott Royer was given a nine month sentence in March after he also entered a no contest plea to a charge of maintaining a drug house as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. In exchange for his plea, a possession of methamphetamine charge agianst James Royer was dismissed.
Defense attorney J.R. Colbeck said during the March sentencing hearing that Royer was not part of the drug culture in the house but Judge Bill O’Grady questioned Royer’s judgement for allowing three persons with criminal pasts into his home.
Coldwater Police were assisted by the Michigan State Police and the Branch County Sheriff’s Department.
