BEDFORD – William Kramer was sentenced to the Indiana Department of Correction for 10 years as a result of a negotiated plea agreement from the Lawrence County Prosecutor.
Kramer, 31, of Orleans, was convicted of being in possession of over 28 grams of meth, a Level 3 felony. The plea agreement Kramer agreed to was a 10-year sentence, with seven years of the sentence to be executed at the Department of Corrections and three years of the sentence to be suspended and served on supervised probation. Additionally, Kramer was ordered to complete the Recovery While Incarcerated Program while being housed at the Indiana Department of Corrections.
Kramer was arrested in February 2021, after a Bedford Police officer stopped the vehicle he was a passenger in at State Road 37, north of 5th Street after the driver failed to signal a lane change.
Judge Robert Cline accepted the plea agreement and issued the sentence to Kramer.
“The agreement that was reached was a balance of punishment and rehabilitation,” said Prosecutor Sam Arp. “Kramer will serve his sentence and has been given the opportunity to spend three years of the sentence outside of the walls of the Indiana Department of Corrections, if he fails to capitalize on this opportunity he can find himself back in prison for three years”.
