Having more than 2,000 images of child pornography has reportedly led to a 14-year prison sentence for a North Judson man. Henry Wood, 41, pleaded guilty in federal court to receipt of child pornography, according to U.S. Attorney Thomas Kirsch.
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The operators of a former Winamac ambulance service have been ordered to pay almost $1 million in restitution, in connection with a health care fraud scheme. Jacqueline Jay Podell, 46, and Michael Wilson, 53, both of Winamac, were sentenced last week in U.S. District Court, according to U.S. Attorney Thomas Kirsch.
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A Kouts man has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison for charges stemming from a series of arson fires at a mobile home park near North Judson. Michael Thomas, 42, was recently sentenced in U.S. District Court, according to U.S. Attorney Thomas Kirsch. A jury found him guilty of mail fraud almost a year ago.
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A Kouts man has been found guilty in connection with an apparent insurance fraud scheme involving several properties in the North Judson area. A jury found Michael Thomas, 41, guilty after a four-day trial in U.S. District Court, according to U.S. Attorney Thomas Kirsch.
A La Porte man was recently sentenced on a charge of transporting child pornography. The hearing was before District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr.
