A seven-year-old Plymouth boy was airlifted to South Bend Memorial Hospital after receiving injuries in an ATV accident on Saturday.
The preliminary investigation by the DNR indicates that the ATV was being operated by Brent Hoover near the intersection of 9th Road and Sycamore Road in Plymouth. His sons were passengers on the three seat side-by-side ATV. He drove over a drainage ditch and lost control of the ATV. It rolled end over end several times before coming to rest right side up. One of his sons, Brady Hoover, was taken to the Plymouth Hospital by ambulance and then airlifted to South Bend Memorial Hospital for observation. Brent Hoover and his other son, Bryce Hoover, were treated and released at the Plymouth Hospital.
Plymouth Attorney James Clevenger has been appointed as chairman of the Indiana State Ethics Commission by Governor Mitch Daniels. A partner in the law firm of Wyland, Humphrey, Wagner, and Clevenger, LLP, Clevenger was appointed to the commission in 2004 by then-Governor Joe Kernan. He was later reappointed by Daniels in 2008.
Clevenger is a 1970 Plymouth High School graduate who received his undergraduate degree from Hanover College and his law degree from the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis. His law practice includes general and trial, corporate, probate, administrative law, and litigation, and he has been the Marshall County Attorney since 1997.
The five-member State Ethics Commission has jurisdiction over all current and former state officers, current and former state employees and appointees, and anyone who has or has had a business relationship with any state agency. According to Clevenger, the commission’s function is to make sure state government and its employees are honest, fair, and beyond reproach.
The Memories Reception Hall at 401 East Jefferson Street in Plymouth will be the site of a Celebrate and Support Our Troops event Thursday, April 19th.
Jan Houin, from Operation Quiet Comfort, tells us about the organization and the event.
A Plymouth man was arrested on Wednesday after police found that he was neglecting a disabled female for which he was reportedly supposed to be caring.
Plymouth Police Department officials received a phone call that a disabled woman was being neglected by her caregiver, Darrel Scheuer. Officers from the Plymouth Police Department and Adult Protective Services went to Scheuer’s residence on March 21st, picked him up and they took him to the woman’s house in the 300 block of North Street in Plymouth. Scheuer was permitted entry to check on the woman and she was found lying on the floor. She told officials that she needed immediate medical treatment and she had been on the floor for approximately 30 days. She was transported by ambulance to the hospital.
It was exactly a week ago that a spectacular fire occurred in Plymouth. Some even called it the biggest fire ever in that city. Over 100 firefighters fought the blaze that took almost 24 hours to completely extinguish. It was reported that one million gallons of water was used during the fire.
Ted Hayes talks with Mayor Mark Senter this morning about the fire. Ted asked how the city was recovering from the blaze.
“Fortunately, it was an abandoned building. They did have some property, and the owners of the actual business, so no one is out of a home, no one else is out of a property other than that company. So at least we didn’t have people that lost homes and all of their worldly possessions, so that was probably the most fortunate thing of the whole mess,” said Senter.
Senter said he expects clean up to begin soon.
“I just drove by there about an hour ago, and they had some insurance adjustors out there taking a look at it. I would imagine that they would be cleaning it up soon,” said Senter.
Yesterday the fire was termed an arson. Senter, who is an ex-state policeman, said he stays out of the investigation of such events, leaving that to the state fire marshal’s office.
“I try to stay out of that and let the police officers and the fire investigators do their job and I’d love to get in it again, but I just can’t do that anymore. But that’s what I did for a long time, I just let them handle it and they will inform me if and when something breaks,” said Senter.
Ted asked Senter if using a million gallons of water has affected the city’s supply.
“Other than maybe a little bit of rust in the lines that is coming out now, there are some homes that I’m sure are getting some red water but we were able to keep that at a minimum, I think,” said Senter.
Arson is suspected in a fire that began Saturday at the Liberty Street Depot in Plymouth. A reward is now being offered by the International Association of Arson Investigators for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the fire.
A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered by the I.A.A.I. People can call in information to 1-800-382-4628. Firefighters say they believe the fire started on the west side of the building in the electrical room, but the electric has been shut off to the building for a year.
The Plymouth Police Department has investigated several theft cases recently from Walmart. There is usually one or two arrests a week about that involve shoplifters in the chain store.
Plymouth police officers received a call Monday night concerning a shoplifter from a different location – Martin’s Supermarket in Plymouth. Sean McNab, 19, of Plymouth, was arrested on a preliminary charge of Theft. He was taken to the Marshall County Jail.
