Lisa Trigg
The Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE — A nine-year prison sentence was ordered Monday for a Terre Haute man arrested in August for battery on a police officer after he was warned not to ride his motorcycle on the sidewalk.
Daryle Ray Powers, 42, appeared Monday in Vigo Superior Court Division 3, where he was sentenced to eight years in the Department of Correction for class-C felony battery resulting in serious bodily injury, and a concurrent two-year sentence for class-D felony possession of methamphetamine. An additional one-year sentence in the Vigo County Jail was added for class-A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement.
Of the nine-year sentence, Judge David Bolk suspended four years to formal probation, with four years to be served in prison. The one-year sentence has already been served during the time Powers awaited his trial date.
In the August incident, Terre Haute Police arrested Powers after an altercation with a police officer near Pennsylvania and Lafayette avenues. When the officer checked Powers’ driver’s license and found that it was suspended, the officer tried to handcuff Powers. But the suspect struggled with the officer, causing injuries to the officer that required treatment at Terre Haute Regional Hospital.
Powers ran from the scene, but witnesses reported that he tossed some items into a nearby trash can before he was apprehended a few blocks away. Police recovered 2.6 grams of methamphetamine and a large amount of cash from the trash can.
Police used stun guns to subdue Powers, who continued to struggle with police once apprehended.
Lisa Trigg can be reached at (812) 231-4254 or lisa.trigg@tribstar.com.
