A 41-year-old man was sentenced to a total of six years in prison by plea agreement after an officer conducted a search for people with warrants at Daylite Inn in Elkhart.

The officer located Travis Harding, who had two warrants for dealing and possessing methamphetamine, near his room carrying a basket to his car.

Harding was sentenced to eight years at the Indiana Department of Corrections with two years suspended and two years on reporting probation.