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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA former Vigo County commissioner was charged with drug possession and domestic violence last week, nearly 10 years after he was first convicted of a drug crime.
The Terre Haute Tribune-Star reports David W. Decker made an appearance in Vigo Superior Court on Friday. He is charged with possession of methamphetamine, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of paraphernalia, invasion of privacy and domestic battery.
Defense attorney Joseph Etling waived formal reading of the charges and requested a not guilty plea for Decker. The 62-year-old was arrested Monday and was booked into the Vigo County Jail on $10,000 cash bond.
Decker previously served a five-month sentence in federal prison in 2009 after pleading guilty to distribution of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine.
Decker became a county commissioner in 2007 but resigned as board president after his 2009 arrest.
A jury trial for Decker’s most recent charges has been scheduled for 8 a.m. on Sept. 11.
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