Drug Dealer Charged with Overdose Death

(La Porte, IN) – A woman is being prosecuted for the drugs that claimed a life in La Porte last year, as Kayla Shaffer, 29, has been charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Level 1 felony Dealing Resulting in Death.

In September, authorities said, Cannon Breneman, 22, was found dead by family members at a home in the 600 block of Tecumseh Street. The case was then turned over to the La Porte County Drug Task Force, which learned during a several month-long investigation that a drug trafficking organization was operating within the city limits and that Shaffer played a role in the drugs winding up in the victim’s possession.

Shaffer, whose address is from the Kingsford Heights area, could face anywhere from a 20 to 40-year sentence. She is being held in the La Porte County Jail on $100,000 bond.

La Porte Police Chief Dick Buell praised the efforts of drug task force members.

“The fortitude demonstrated by detectives in this case is a testament to their dedication in making La Porte a safer community,” he said.