Man pleads guilty in drug case

URBANA – An Indianapolis man who had also lived in Melvin faces a life sentence after he pleaded guilty Thursday to federal drug charges.

Devon Thomas, 34, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver more than 50 grams of crack cocaine.

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