Parks
EDINBURGH — An Edinburgh man will serve 19 years in prison for dealing methamphetamine after he was found with large quantities of the drug.
Shawn Brandon Park, 35, was sentenced Monday to 19 years in prison on a Level 2 felony charge of meth dealing. He had pled guilty to the charge before Johnson Circuit Court Judge Andrew Roesener earlier on Monday.
The Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office says the case against Park has been pending since late 2020.
On Dec. 10, 2020, Edinburgh police executed an arrest warrant on Park at the apartment of Monica L. Gilp, 34. When executing the warrant, police discovered large quantities of methamphetamine, including 79 grams in Park’s pants pocket. After a subsequent search, police also found material associated with drug sales, including scales, multiple cell phones and a large amount of cash in the apartment, the prosecutor’s office said.
Following the drug bust, both Park and Gilp were charged with dealing methamphetamine. Gilp pled guilty to dealing meth as a Level 4 felony in December 2021 and was sentenced to six years, according to the prosecutor’s office and online court records.
Per Indiana law, drug dealing charges vary in severity depending on multiple factors, including the quantities of drugs involved, the prosecutor’s office said.
Park’s Level 2 felony charge carried a longer sentence. Level 2 felonies have a sentencing range of 10 to 30 years, with an advisory sentence of 17 and a half years. His sentence was greater than the advisory sentence, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Johnson County Deputy Prosecutor Megan Smither said she was pleased with the aggravated sentence, as was Prosecutor Lance Hamner. This was not the first time Park has been sentenced to prison for dealing drugs, as he had previously been convicted in 2025 for meth dealing, online court records show.
“The message we’re sending and will continue to send is: if you choose to sell poison in our community, we will send you away for many years. This is how a civilized society protects itself,” Hamner said in a statement.
