Three people who were facing criminal charges in Johnson County courts have pled guilty and been sentenced on robbery and drug dealing charges, respectively.
The Daily Journal has previously reported on these cases and is sharing this update to give resolution to our earlier reporting on crime in the community.
Indy man gets 11 years for robbery
An Indianapolis man accused of hitting a Franklin man and stealing his car has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Jacob Dale Rieman, 46, pleaded guilty to robbery with bodily injury, a Level 3 felony, before Johnson County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Rosener on Oct. 20. He was sentenced on Dec. 1 to 11 years in prison, the entire term of which is to be served in prison. The sentence is consecutive to sentences rendered in two other criminal cases against him.
Rieman received a 566-day jail credit, meaning he will spend at least 7.5 years in prison. He was recommended for a Recovery While Incarcerated program, and will be eligible for a sentence modification after completing the program and serving nine years of his sentence, according to the sentencing order.
In April 2021, Rieman struck up a conversation with a Franklin man while he was cleaning his car in the parking lot of Franklin Auto Care, 575 Lemley Street. Rieman and the man talked for an hour before Rieman, who rode up on a bicycle, asked for a ride to a place the victim can’t recall, according to a Franklin Police Department report.
After the man refused to give him a ride, Rieman pushed him to the ground and punched him in the face with a closed fist, the man said.
Rieman drove off in the victim’s minivan, according to the report.
At about 9:50 p.m., the victim walked to the drive-thru at a nearby fast-food restaurant to report the incident and seek medical attention. When police arrived, the victim was bleeding from his nose and holding the back of his head, the report said.
Franklin police and sheriff’s deputies recovered the stolen minivan after a deputy spotted the vehicle while on patrol at State Road 135 and Whiteland Road in Bargersville and stopped it, according to the report.
Rieman was driving the vehicle, the report says.
Drug roundup arrestees sentenced
Two people who were arrested in drug roundups by local law enforcement have each pleaded guilty and been sentenced for drug dealing in their respective cases.
Christy L. Ratliff, 48, of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty to two counts of dealing a schedule III controlled substance as a Level 4 felony before Johnson County Superior Court 3 judge Douglas Cummins on Dec. 1. She was sentenced the same day to eight years in prison with a one-day jail credit, meaning her entire sentence will be served in prison, according to online court records.
She was also recommended for a Recovery While Incarcerated program, and will be eligible for a sentence modification after completing the program and serving one year of her sentence, online court records say.
Ratliff was one of 34 people targeted by local law enforcement in a September 2021 drug roundup dubbed “Operation United Front.” She was one of 25 people arrested in the first six hours of the operation, officials said at the time.
The second person, Elisha C. Quarles, 22, of Greenwood, was arrested on drug charges during a roundup earlier this year. He pleaded guilty to dealing methamphetamine as a Level 3 felony, and dealing a substance represented to be a controlled substance and theft, both Level 6 felonies, before Johnson County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Rosener on Oct 20.
He was sentenced on Dec. 5 to seven years in prison, two years of which will be suspended to probation, meaning he will serve five years in prison. The sentence was also ordered to be served at the same time as a sentence rendered in a separate criminal case, according to the sentencing order.
Quarles was one of 32 people arrested in multi-agency drug roundup in August of this year. Another 17 were still wanted at the time in August, and many have since been brought in on warrants, court records show.
