Starke County Prosecutor Leslie Baker gave an update to the Starke County Council and Commissioners last week on what is happening with her office and the court system in the midst of the COVID-19 health pandemic.
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A trial for 45-year-old Clayton Conley, of North Judson, is scheduled in Starke Circuit Court today. Conley is reportedly charged with stalking, a level 6 felony.
According to the provided police report, Conley was arrested twice on March 29th for separate incidents involving his sister. Detective Sergeant Adam Gray with the Starke County Sheriff’s Department reports that Conley was first escorted off his sister’s property around 7:53 a.m. when he refused to leave after an argument. Continue reading
The Medaryville Town Council is updating the definition of the word trash.
A recent case in the Pulaski County courts led the town government to consider amending some of the language to be more specific. During a special session held Friday afternoon, Town Council members considered an amendment to what Board President Bob Schultz says is their trash ordinance.
Former Pulaski County Sheriff Michael Gayer is set to appear in court for the first time in early September.
A LaPorte man was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison on child pornography-related charges.
A Knox man was sentenced on Wednesday in Marshall County Superior Court on charges of dealing methamphetamine.
33-year-old Ryan Smith was arrested in August of 2015 after a vehicle he was in was stopped by Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputies. An air sniff was conducted by a K9 Unit and indicated the presence of drugs inside the vehicle.
A Plymouth man accused of murder following an October robbery has pleaded not guilty to the updated charges.
James Campbell is being compelled to prevent delays in his February jury trial.
A recent Appellate Court decision regarding the construction of fences has not necessarily stopped criminal charges from being filed in the incident.
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A Starke county dispute over who constructs a fence between agriculturally zoned land has been given a review by an Indiana Appellate Court.
Starke County may soon be home to a drug treatment program that is currently only available through the state Department of Corrections.
The Therapeutic Community Program is considered by some to be one of the most effective drug treatment programs in the state of Indiana. The program provides 1,700 available spaces throughout the Hoosier state for an eight month course, designed to treat and rehabilitate drug offenders.
A local business owner will be sentenced in January after he was convicted this week on a single felony charge.
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A case involving the ownership of land in Pulaski County was heard Monday before the Indiana Supreme Court.
The case of Bonnell v. Cotner pertains to a land dispute involving a tax sale and a claim of adverse possession. The Pulaski County Circuit Court ruled in favor of Bonnell, but an Appellate court reversed that decision.
A man recently released from prison, and convicted of murder and child molesting, has a history in the Pulaski County Court system.
67-year-old Richard Dobeski was let out of an Indiana Department of Corrections Facility in New Castle this month. He was convicted on two counts of murder dating back to 1965.
The Marshall County Commissioners were provided an update from an organization that advocates for children in the court system.
Haley Kittrell, the Director of Court Appointed Special Advocates of Marshall County, says cases involving abused and neglected children have been down in the area the first half of the year.
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Two cases, but two different results were heard on Wednesday in Starke County Circuit Court.
30-year-old Dennis Wilson appeared before Judge Kim Hall to enter a guilty plea as part of a plea agreement. He’s the man who, in November of 2014 allegedly stole protein bars and rice crispy snacks from Good-2-Go in North Judson. The total stolen amounted to just under $7.00.
The arson trial of a Knox man whose business went up in flames a year ago Friday will resume Monday morning.
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Testimony continued this morning in the case of a man accused of burning down his salvage business.
As of this afternoon, the jury continued to hear from the day’s first witness. WKVI reporters at the scene say the witness is Larry Cooper, a contract fire investigator hired by James Campbell’s insurance company. Campbell is the owner of C&C Salvage, and is on trial for arson charges.
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The trial of a man accused of setting C&C Salvage on fire around this time last year continued Wednesday morning.
The businesses’ bookeeper and Office Manager Jose’ Delgado has been testifying since this morning. According to WKVI reporters at the scene, Delgado said in court that business had slowed down, even posting a loss in 2013. Delgado was briefly considered a suspect in the investigation according to previous reports.
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A LaPorte man has been sentenced in federal court.
42-year-old Adrian Williams was sentenced this week on charges stemming from an incident occurring in 2013. Law enforcement responded in September of that year to a building Williams owned in LaPorte County.
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