Theft Report Leads Police to Active Meth Lab
A Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputy investigating the theft of copper wire from an Argos business Thursday evening reportedly found an active meth lab in a motel room. An employee of Quality Setters Inc. in Argos called the sheriff’s department to report seeing employee Thomas Howell taking quite a bit of copper wire from several buildings on the property. Howell was reportedly staying in room 126 of the Red Rock Inn. Continue reading
Starke County Jail Employee Faces Theft, Fraud, Trafficking Charges
An employee of the Starke County Jail is now facing charges of Theft and Fraud as Class D felonies, and Trafficking with an Inmate as a Class A misdemeanor after he allegedly used the debit card of an inmate at several locations throughout the area. According to the charging documents, 44-year-old Donald Milbourn used the debit card of inmate Joshua Estok between Feb. 15 and Feb. 25 to withdraw money from the First Farmers Bank and Trust ATM in Knox and the First National Bank of Monterey ATM in North Judson.
Two Arrested After Burglaries in Grovertown Last Year
Area Schools Present Balanced Calendar Information
Area school corporations continue to present information about a balanced calendar school schedule. Argos, Culver, John Glenn, Knox, North Judson-San Pierre, Oregon-Davis, Plymouth and Triton are all considering the approach. During a meeting last night at the high school cafeteria, Knox Superintendent A.J. Gappa stressed the balanced calendar is not year-round school. It still provides the state-mandated 180 days of classroom instruction. School would start about a week or a week-and-a-half earlier than it does now and end at the beginning of June. The schedule would also feature two-week breaks for remediation and vacation in the fall and spring. Research indicates student grades improve and discipline problems decrease when schools go to the balanced calendar approach. Additionally, students retain more knowledge from one school year to the next. Continue reading
Police Warn of Craigslist Scam
Indiana State Police investigators warn you to be careful when looking for rental properties on Craigslist.
A Plainfield resident answered a Craigslist posting for a rental home in Noblesville. The victim filled out an application form and received an email from Irene Parrish that she is now residing in California and needed the victim to wire $1,900 to her via Moneygram. The money was to cover the $950 in rent for the house and a $950 refundable deposit. The victim wired the money from a CVS store in Noblesville.
