(3-7-24) Michael L. Brown (28) Portland., pleaded guilty Wednesday in Jay Superior Court to causing death while operating a vehicle on June 4th with a blood alcohol content equivalent to 0.08% or more, a Level 4 felony. 

Devon Drumm, who had just graduated from Jay County High School, was killed in the incident.

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Brown could get up to a 12-year sentence, with up to eight years served in prison and four years on probation. The plea deal dismissed two other felony charges… a Level 3 felony charge for leaving the scene of an accident and a Level 5 felony charge for driving with a suspended license.

Brown’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. April 3rd.

Obituary of Devon Drumm

Devon Ross Drumm, age 18, of rural Bryant, Indiana was tragically taken from us on Sunday June 4, 2023.  He was born in Portland on November 11, 2004 the son of Jason and Tara (Wise) Drumm.  Devon worked at Teledyne Portland Forge and also Starlight Skating Ring in Winchester.  He was a 2023 Jay County High School graduate.  He was generous, creative, loving, good hearted young man who would drop everything to help anyone who needed it.  He loved to make people laugh.  He made friends of all ages wherever he went.  No matter who you were, he was a kind soul to everyone.  Devon loved music and figured out how to play things on the piano or guitar.  He loved skating, kayaking and Dodge trucks, as well as tearing things apart and then putting them back together again.  He enjoyed spending time with all his loving friends and family.