Former IMPD officer, 2 others sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to dealing drugs

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – A former Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer and two others were sentenced Tuesday for dealing drugs.

Nikolas Layton, charged with four felonies in a drug dealing case, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to one felony charge of conspiracy to commit dealing cocaine.

Layton was sentenced:

• Five years in community corrections with two years suspended
• Home detention with GPS monitoring
• Two years of probation
• Fines and court costs that totaled $1,166

Layton, the son of Marion County Sheriff John Layton,was arrested in early 2016. The 10-year-veteran was accused of dealing drugs along with two other people, Veronica Purdy and Christopher Reed.

Purdy and Reed also agreed to plead guilty to dealing cocaine.

Purdy was sentenced:

• Two days in county jail
• 180 days of Probation
• Fines and court costs that totaled $966

Reed was sentenced:

• Five years community corrections with two years suspended
• Home detention with GPS monitoring
• Two years probation
• Fines and court costs that totaled $966