A mother and her son-in-law, both from Indiana, were sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Charleston for their involvement in a pain pill conspiracy.
Linda Vannatter, 74, of Hammond, was sentenced to three years and a month in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. Steven Jurick, 57, of Valparaiso, was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
Vannatter and Jurick previously admitted to conspiring with each other to provide prescription pills to a person who distributed pills in Logan County, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Carol Casto's office. That person would meet either Vannatter or Jurick or both of them in Indiana to obtain the pills.
Vannatter sold 231 30-milligram pills and 17 20-milligram pills to the person on March 16, 2016. During that transaction, the person acted as a confidential informant, the release states.
Jurick, on April 13, 2016, sold 150 30-milligram pills to the person while he or she worked undercover for law enforcement.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin handed down the sentences Wednesday.