(La Porte, IN) - A man is heading back to prison for dealing drugs after being caught with a large amount of methamphetamine.

 

Torriano Anderson, 44, of South Bend, was given a six-year prison sentence Friday in La Porte Circuit Court.

 

According to court documents, Anderson was driving a vehicle occupied by a woman wanted on similar allegations. After parking outside a grocery store in the 700 block of East Lincolnway, the vehicle was surrounded by officers looking to take the woman into custody. Close to 30 grams of methamphetamine and a handgun were in the vehicle.

 

It was illegal for Anderson to have a firearm because of a past conviction for dealing cocaine out of St. Joseph County.

 

His passenger, Denise Lumpp, still has her charges of dealing in methamphetamine undecided in La Porte Circuit Court.