A Marshall County woman has died of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle accident on Friday morning.
State police troopers and emergency personnel from Marshall County responded to U.S. 31 and 4A Road where they found one vehicle in the ditch west of U.S. 31 and another in the center median.
A Marshall County native police say left a string of broken hearts and bad debt from Oregon to Indiana and stole a gun in Kokomo now faces theft charges in South Bend. The charges against 29-year-old Raymond Holycross were filed after a Mishawaka woman with whom he lived discovered he stole and pawned her camera and called the police. Authorities say she also found out Holycross also uses the names Ray Paris and Ray Cross to meet women, earn their trust and charm them out of their money. Holycross is also wanted on a Howard County warrant for theft of a firearm.
A Marshall County plant is expected to close within the next few months. Plymouth-based Whitley Products filed a WARN notice Tuesday to alert its 86 employees they will likely lose their jobs. Last month the Marshall County tubing company announced plans to close and lay off all employees. It reopened less than two weeks later after a court order was issued.
A Tyner woman faces theft charges after police say she tried to leave the Plymouth Wal-Mart without paying for a cart full of groceries. Plymouth Police responded to the store around 2:30 Wednesday afternoon after loss prevention officers detained Cathy Paschen, 59, of Tyner. She’s due in court on March 12.
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.
A property tax reassessment for Marshall County may lead to an unpleasant surprise for some taxpayers as the property tax rate for the city of Plymouth will soon increase from 2.5448 cents to 2.8582 cents per $100 assessed property value. Plymouth Clerk-Treasurer Toni Hutchings presented the city council with information regarding the 2012 reassessment – the first reassessment conducted in ten years – and said the numbers indicate a rough upcoming tax season.
The new probation officer hired in Marshall County will make significantly less than the veteran who vacated the position. The county council set a starting salary of $16.44 an hour for the new hire, who will also be on a 90 day probationary period at 90-percent pay. The officer who left was making $22.22 an hour. Marshall County Council members noted the new hire will work his way up to a higher wage during his time of employment. Auditor Penny Lukenbill told the council it’s been quite some time since new employees have been hired and sought guidance on a pay scale for them.
Marshall County’s full-service sky diving center is staying put for at least five years. The Plymouth Aviation Board approved a lease extension for Plymouth Sky Sports at Plymouth Municipal Airport. The lease starts at $450 per month and increases by three-percent in 2014 and 2015 and another three percent in 2016 and 2017. The lease amount is based on the square footage used by the business. Plymouth Sky Sports operates five days a week and also offers tandem demonstration jumps.
The 17-year-old Grovertown man police say robbed a Plymouth store at knifepoint will be charged as an adult. Corey Michael Sobieck is charged with armed robbery and intimidation. Both are class B felonies, and each carries a maximum of 20 years in prison. Police say Sobieck walked into the Karma Records store about 5:20 Monday evening, brandished a knife at the clerk, threatened to murder her and grabbed cash from the register. Plymouth Police apprehended him a short time later and recovered the knife in some nearby weeds. Sobieck is also on juvenile probation in Starke Circuit Court for conversion.
Mary Perren
Marshall County pilots may soon have a new place to park their planes. The Plymouth City Council recently approved an ordinance that clears the way for the Aviation Board of Commissioners (ABC) to lease ground and allow private individuals to build hangars at Plymouth Municipal Airport. There’s currently a lengthy waiting list for hangar space. The aviation board is looking at a spot on the south side of the airport. It will require an easement from the neighboring storage units for access to the property. The roadway that was placed in the Greenlee administration was in the airport clear zone and has never been used to access.The ABC’s engineering consultants will assist in determining the correct location for building. Approval from the Federal Aviation Administration is also required.
A Plymouth man was arrested Friday after an alleged stabbing incident.
Officers from the Plymouth Police Department were called to a residence in the 700 block of Broadway Street in Plymouth after receiving a call of a possible stabbing incident. Officers arrived at the scene and found the victim, Crystal Mata, who had stab wounds to her hand and back. She was taken to the hospital where she was treated and released.
Police continued to investigate the case and later arrested Crystal’s husband, 47-year-old Maximino Mata, on preliminary charges of Aggravated Battery as a Class B Felony and Battery with a Deadly Weapon as a Class C Felony. He is currently in the Marshall County Jail on a $20,000 cash bond.
A quick investigation led to the arrest of a Lakeville woman after police were notified that a credit card belonging to a resident of Miller’s Merry Manor in Plymouth had been stolen. The Indiana State Police immediately launched their investigation, and it wasn’t long before a suspect was in custody.
A week since the bomb threat was originally discovered, Plymouth Police Department officers have announced that they have “narrowed down” the suspect pool after reviewing surveillance footage near the boy’s restroom where a bomb threat was penciled on the wall at the Plymouth High School.
The threat claimed that a bomb would go off in the high school library on Jan. 24 at 12:30 p.m., prompting the school to undergo a two-hour delay that morning to allow more than a dozen state troopers, two bomb dogs, and local police to search the school for an explosive. Fortunately, the threat turned out to be a hoax; no bomb was found.
A police vehicle was damaged in an evening crash on Thursday.
Cindy Rhodes of Plymouth was traveling south on Michigan Road in Plymouth when she turned on her turn signal and turned into a parking space at 1st Source Bank.
Shanna L. Gilmer, an officer with the Plymouth Police Department, explained that she was turning onto Washington Street when Rhoads turned quickly into her driving lane. She was going to the right of Rhoads’ vehicle and Gilmer added that Rhodes did not have a turn signal on when the collision occurred.
Two Plymouth residents were arrested after a traffic stop conducted by Marshall County Police on Friday, Jan. 25.
The deputy pulled over a vehicle driven by David Howe for an alleged equipment violation. While the officer was checking the license and warrant status for the occupants, Jeffrey Knoebel reportedly fled from the vehicle.
A joint investigation conducted by the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and the Warsaw Drug Task Force resulted in the arrest of three people on methamphetamine.
A search warrant was conducted at 14390 3rd Road just outside LaPaz on Thursday evening by officers from the Undercover Narcotics Investigation Team, Warsaw Drug Task Force, Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and Indiana State Police troopers. The search resulted in the discovery of items used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
A precision tubular product manufacturer in Plymouth released a statement yesterday announcing that they have been forced to close their doors due to a lack of funding from their senior lender.
Whitley Products announced that their lender has refused to provide the necessary funding required for the business to continue operations, forcing the business to terminate operations and all of their employees, passing possession and control of all of their operating assets to Keltic Financial Partners.
Plymouth Schools are now in session after being placed on a two-hour delay for an alleged bomb threat that was reported at Plymouth High School.
The alleged threat was found on the wall of the boy’s bathroom yesterday afternoon stating that a bomb would go off in the high school library today at 12:30.
The Superintendent’s office has confirmed that the Plymouth Police Department did not find any evidence of a bomb and a thorough search conducted by the Indiana State Police and their bomb sniffing dogs this morning found nothing.
Additional police officers are present to provide extra security at the school corporation.
Two Plymouth residents were arrested Monday on several charges after an alleged auto theft and burglary incident.
Marshall County Sheriff’s Department deputies were called out on a report of two suspicious suspects near a residence on 5D Road and Michigan Road. Police didn’t find anyone there, but during their search, they learned that several vehicles had been broken into and items stolen.
The Plymouth Police Department arrested a Plymouth woman after police executed a search warrant at 822 W. Monroe St.
On Sunday morning, officers from the Plymouth Police Department, Indiana State Police and the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department went to the residence after complaints were received over the Drug Task Force tip line along with another investigation.
