BEDFORD – Lawrence County Superior Court I Judge John M. Plummer III sentenced a Salem man to 6 years and 244 days in the Indiana Department of Corrections Wednesday.
Michael McDonald, 59, pled guilty to Fraud on a Financial Institution, a Level 5 felony in one case, and guilty to Escape, a Level 6 felony in another case as part of a negotiated plea agreement with the State of Indiana.
The plea agreement, negotiated by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Sarah Cummings, called for McDonald to serve 6 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections, credit for 91 days with 5 years and 244 days suspended to supervised probation in one case and in the second negotiated plea agreement for McDonald to serve 1 year in the Indiana Department of Corrections.
These sentences are to be consecutive to each other.
Deputy Prosecutor Sarah Cummings: “Every day people make choices about how they want to live their lives. Some people make good choices and others bad choices. The Defendant in this case did not make good choices and the natural consequence of those choices is prison.”
