An admitted methamphetamine addict was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court Wednesday morning.
Brian Tapia, 27 of Plymouth, pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state to a charge of Possession of Methamphetamine as a Class D felony. Judge Kim Hall sentenced Tapia per the plea agreement to 18 months in the Department of Corrections with no part of that sentence suspended. The sentence will be served on home detention with day reporting.
Several people were arrested Friday afternoon when Plymouth police officers were called to an apartment complex in response to a man who had allegedly violated a no-trespass order for the property. Tyler Byers was reportedly seen going into apartment number 24 at Country Place Apartments, and officers traveled to the apartment and stumbled upon an unexpected scene.
Detectives from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a home burglary incident.
On Monday, Feb. 11, Marshall County police were called to a home in the 3000 block of the Plymouth/LaPorte Trail. The homeowner told police that the unknown suspects made entry into the home and stole several items, including assault rifles.
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department continues to actively pursue a suspect in a stabbing incident Friday night.
Brian Tapia of Plymouth is accused of stabbing Aaron Fear in the abdomen after an altercation at a residence in the 19000 block of Lincoln Highway, west of Plymouth, Friday night. Fear was hospitalized in South Bend Memorial Hospital and was expected to fully recover.
Police have been searching for Tapia ever since the incident and need your help in locating him. If you know of the whereabouts of Tapia, call in an anonymous tip to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department at (574) 936-3187.
An altercation in Marshall County led to one man being hospitalized for a knife wound and a suspect on the loose. Marshall County police were called to the Plymouth Hospital Emergency Room at around 7:53 p.m. in response to a male subject with a knife wound to the stomach, and an investigation led police to find the suspect, Brian Tapia, had left the residence before police could arrive.
