Zachary Levi Titara
HANCOCK COUNTY — A Lewisville man who was accused of a felony drug crime and other crimes in Hancock County back in 2017 is finally now in the Hancock County Jail to face the charges against him.
Zachary Levi Titara, 31, 8000 block of South Ind. 103, is facing a Level 2 felony count of dealing in a scheduled I controlled substance with weight at least 28 grams, a Level 6 felony count of dealing in a schedule I controlled substance, a Level 6 felony count of maintaining a common nuisance, a Level 6 felony count of neglect of a dependent and four different misdemeanors crimes.
The most serious charge against Titara carries anywhere from 10 to 30 years in prison. Titara is set to have an initial appearance Thursday, Nov. 30 in Hancock County Circuit Court. He is currently being held in the county jail under no bond.
Court records show Titara is also facing the same type of drug crimes in Hamilton County from an incident there in July of 2023. It was that incident that put him back on the county’s radar, officials said.
As for the local charges, according to a probable cause affidavit, officials with the Greenfield Police Department went to the 400 block of Brookstone Drive on July 23, 2017 for a security check at a residence that had an open front door.
Officials went into the home and found a variety of illegal drugs and labeled the home as a possible drug grow, the affidavit said. Law enforcement spoke with a woman who came to the home while they were there and she told officials her grandson, Titara, his wife and a three-year-old child lived there.
Officials noted in the report the three-year-old child had access to the grow operation, marijuana, mushrooms, syringes and other drug paraphernalia, which is why the neglect charge was filed. Officials also noted they found several types of drugs in the residence and multiple guns.
Prosecutor Brent Eaton noted that, according to office records, charges were filed against Titara in 2017 but that he must have taken off, and no one had seen or heard from him until he was picked up in Hamilton in July.
“It should be the case that, if he had been picked up elsewhere, that he should have been brought here due to the pending charges and since he was not then it is most likely he was not in prison or incarcerated elsewhere during that time,” Eaton said.
