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GOSHEN — People facing lower-level criminal charges who pose little risk to re-offend may get out of jail quicker under new rules that go into effect next year.
ELKHART — Multiple agencies that serve children and families announced a new collaborative approach to intervention that they built together from the ground up.
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ELKHART — An Elkhart teenager will be charged as an adult with the September 2018 murder of Jaren Minies.
CASSOPOLIS, Mich. — A Cass County jury found a Cassopolis man guilty Wednesday of receiving and concealing a 1996 Ram pickup truck that had been stolen from an Elkhart business.
GOSHEN — Attorneys for Goldenrod are denying any responsibility in the alleged sexual assault of a former resident of the agency for adults with mental disabilities.
GOSHEN — Hiring a second case manager will allow the Elkhart County drug court to take on twice as many participants.
GOSHEN — A Goshen man is accused of child molesting following an alleged sexual encounter with a young girl in spring 2018.
ELKHART — Elkhart County Prosecuting Attorney Vicki Elaine Becker has announced the start of the 11th annual Criminal Justice Citizens Academy.
ELKHART — A Goshen man is accused of child molesting and showing porn videos to children.
GOSHEN — A trial date was set Thursday for a woman accused of killing her husband, while another man’s murder trial was confirmed for later this month.
GOSHEN — A Goshen teen received a 10-year sentence after admitting to rape, in a plea agreement that sees a child molestation charge dismissed.
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GOSHEN — A Wakarusa man who allegedly chained family members to furniture in their rooms has admitted to child molesting, one of eight charges he originally faced, though a judge has not yet accepted his plea agreement.
WARSAW — A Nappanee man is accused of using the identity of his girlfriend’s late husband to sell items at a pawn shop.
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GOSHEN — An Elkhart man who was accused of attempted murder for shooting into a car before leading a high-speed chase has admitted to a lesser charge.
CLEVELAND — An Ohio bank is suing an Elkhart business, claiming the company overdrafted its account by $122 million and hasn’t repaid the money.
SOUTH BEND — An Elkhart man received a 47-year sentence after he was convicted of a series of gas station robberies in northern Indiana.
ELKHART — An Elkhart man is accused of raping a woman during a violent assault in April.
GOSHEN — A Middlebury woman received a sentence of 14 years after admitting to drug and forgery charges.
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GOSHEN — An attorney for the suspect in a Goshen College professor’s 2011 murder is arguing that evidence used to tie him to the crime was wrongfully collected and should be thrown out.
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ELKHART — Adding another full-time attorney to the child support division in the Elkhart County Prosecutor’s Office is expected to help the sixth largest program in the state keep up with a demanding caseload.
GOSHEN — A hearing this week may determine whether three and a half months are shaved off the six-year sentence given to an Elkhart man who was convicted in the death of a former Goshen city councilman.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart teen who admitted to his role in an armed robbery received a 12-year sentence Thursday.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart man who admitted to raping a girl when he was 16 received a 15-year sentence Thursday.
ELKHART — A Mishawaka woman is accused of prostituting a teenager and a woman with a developmental disability following an investigation by Indiana State Police.
SOUTH BEND — An Elkhart man received a 10-year prison sentence after admitting to federal child porn charges.
GOSHEN — Jury deliberations continued into the evening Wednesday in the trial of an Elkhart teen for attempted murder.
GOSHEN — A former Nappanee man is on trial this week on child molesting charges following his extradition from Canada.
GOSHEN — Two mental exams have been completed for an Elkhart woman who claims not to remember a murder she’s accused of committing last year.
SOUTH BEND — Marcell Spencer, 23, of Goshen, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio, upon his plea of guilty to possessing with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Thomas Kirsch announced.
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GOSHEN — A Goshen man has been convicted of three counts of attempted murder.
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ELKHART — The Elkhart County state prosecutor, at the request of the U.S. attorney's office, is dismissing pending battery charges against two police officers seen on surveillance video repeatedly punching a handcuffed man in the city lockup.
GOSHEN — The attorney for a man on trial for attempted murder asked if he could have been defending a friend when he opened fire on a truck near the New Paris Speedway.
ELKHART — A South Bend woman has admitted to her role in a counterfeit coupon scheme with her mother, which netted over $100,000 worth of lingerie.
GOSHEN — A Goshen man who received a combined 170-year sentence after he was found guilty of two murders and an attempted killing is challenging his conviction.
SOUTH BEND — A judge has consolidated the evidence exchange process in two lawsuits against Elkhart police who opened fire on a vehicle in December 2016, killing a man and severely injuring his passenger.
HAMMOND — A June 6 trial has been set in the case of two Elkhart Police officers indicted for alleged civil rights violations.
ELKHART — A plea hearing for an Elkhart Police officer accused of breaking into his ex-wife’s home and harassing her was postponed Wednesday at the request of his attorney.
GOSHEN — Two people facing alleged violations of their sentencing placement chose to represent themselves in court Thursday.
GOSHEN — The first time Nicole Markin recognized her son’s picture in the paper, he was the suspect in an August 2017 armed robbery.
GOSHEN — A Goshen man faces multiple counts of child molesting after two girls came forward with claims he touched them.
ELKHART — Elkhart Police officers named in a wrongful death lawsuit disagree with the version it gives of the events surrounding a December 2016 fatal shooting.
TERRE HAUTE — A former pastor at Connexions Church in Elkhart has been arrested on a charge of voyeurism after filming a man in Planet Fitness bathroom, the Tribune-Star reports.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart woman who admitted to dealing cocaine received a 12-year sentence Thursday.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart teen accused of attempted murder is scheduled to stand trial on April 1.
ELKHART — A third suspect has been arrested for a string of cellphone thefts that left two people hurt.
SOUTH BEND — U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Michael Gotsch has rejected a request from the City of Elkhart for a subpoena seeking records of communication between the South Bend Tribune and Keith Cooper, who is suing the city because of his wrongful conviction in a 1996 robbery and shooting.
GOSHEN — A Michigan man charged with neglect in a girl's death was granted a bond reduction after his attorney argued that the original $50,000 amount violated his rights.
GOSHEN — A Bristol man convicted of making meth in 2010 was placed on non-reporting probation, though he must still pay more than $25,000 in cleanup costs.
ELKHART — A trial date has been set for a Michigan couple suspected of allowing a child with special needs to ingest meth, possibly contributing to her death.
ELKHART — A Goshen man is wanted for allegedly threatening to kill a judge and injuring an officer.
GOSHEN — A judge has dismissed four counts of child molesting against a Goshen man, saying the state waited too long to tell him about the charges.
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