ELKHART — An Elkhart man faces three counts of child molesting for alleged incidents involving two young victims.
ELKHART — An Elkhart man has been charged with multiple sex crimes involving a child.
GOSHEN — Multiple arrests were made just after a home invasion and burglary in Goshen on Sunday that sent one resident to the hospital.
SIMONTON LAKE — An Elkhart man was arrested after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase on his snowmobile while intoxicated.
GOSHEN — Attorneys for the estate of a man accused in a wrongful death lawsuit over a fatal July shooting are challenging the victim’s children to prove their claims.
ELKHART — An estimated $17,700 worth of damage was reported by the Elkhart County Juvenile Detention Center following an act of vandalism.
GOSHEN — A Merrillville man is accused of knocking a coach unconscious during a fight at a children’s soccer game in September.
ELKHART — An Elkhart man is accused of molesting a girl multiple times since 2015.
GOSHEN — In separate cases, trials for two women accused of murder were reset to June during their appearances in court Thursday.
GOSHEN — A Goshen man has received a 12-year sentence after admitting to two charges of child molesting.
ELKHART — An Elkhart man was arrested after police said he spat in a woman’s face, threatened to kill her and tried to take an officer’s stun gun.
ELKHART — An Elkhart police officer could have a 30-day unpaid suspension coming.
ELKHART — The Elkhart County Jail will hold detained immigrants for up to 72 hours, rather than the previous limit of 48 hours, following a request from U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement, Sheriff Jeff Siegel announced Thursday.
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GOSHEN — Jason Sharp didn’t wake up Tuesday morning expecting to become a vigilante, but he became one after his Jeep was stolen and social media helped him track down the alleged perpetrator – eventually even drawing his weapon to face down the suspect.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart man received a 20-year sentence Thursday after admitting he dealt cocaine in April.
ELKHART — Police say a 49-year-old man tried to run from them when they found him in a stolen vehicle.
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NILES, Mich. — A more than 12-hour armed standoff with police at a residence in Cass County ended early Thursday, first with the release of a child and, after authorities stormed the house, the arrest of a man and woman.
CHICAGO — An Osceola man previously convicted of murder and attempted murder who was serving time for being a felon in possession of a firearm died in federal prison in December, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
SOUTH BEND — An Elkhart man whose 1994 conviction for attempted murder was overturned because it wasn’t disclosed that the victim underwent hypnosis is suing the city and the detective and prosecutor involved.
ELKHART — Wellfield Botanic Gardens was the victim of a burglary over the holidays.
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GOSHEN — A Bourbon man has admitted to causing his friend's death in a 2015 crash, but a judge was unwilling to accept his plea right away.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart woman who admitted to smuggling narcotics into prison won’t know exactly how long she’ll spend behind bars herself after being sentenced Thursday.
LAPORTE — A Nappanee woman received a 39-year sentence after she admitted to child molesting and promoting the human trafficking of a minor.
GOSHEN — A Goshen man was arrested after allegedly confining a woman, battering her and threatening to kill her.
ELKHART — A local landlord experienced holiday havoc as he discovered new water damage at one of his properties on Monday.
ELKHART — Elkhart County Sheriff's Office deputies shot two dogs on Christmas Day to save a man that the dogs had badly injured, according to a press release.
ELKHART — An Elkhart man is accused of stabbing another man several times in September.
ELKHART — Despite the recent conclusion of a nine-month-long investigation of the Elkhart Police Department, it is not yet time for fixes, according to Mayor-elect Rod Roberson.
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GOSHEN — Three Elkhart men have been arrested for their roles in the alleged torture and murder of a Columbia City woman in October.
ELKHART — Two pregnant women in Elkhart reported they were victims of separate acts of violence over the weekend, according to the Elkhart Police Department.
GOSHEN — A more than $470,000 agreement for new police body cameras comes with some significant savings if approved before the end of the year, the Goshen Board of Works learned Monday.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart woman who admitted killing her husband in May 2018 claims her plea was involuntary.
GOSHEN — A Fishers man was in court Thursday to face for the first time an armed robbery charge from 2017.
ELKHART — A South Bend man is accused of robbing an Elkhart convenience store earlier this month.
WACO, Texas — A former Elkhart man who was arrested in Texas following a high-speed chase and crash is wanted in Elkhart County for charges including murder.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart teen accused of murder plans to argue at trial that he acted in self-defense.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart man received a 30-year total sentence after admitting to two counts of child molesting.
ELKHART — An Elkhart woman who was involved in a traffic accident Sunday is accused of driving while intoxicated with an infant passenger.
ELKHART — A Canadian woman living in Elkhart is charged with domestic battery on a child after she allegedly tried to pull the boy from someone’s arms during an argument, with the intent of taking him out of the country.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart woman has admitted to helping smuggle narcotics into a state prison.
ELKHART — A man suspected of attempted kidnapping has been found and suffers from a mental illness, police said.
SOUTH BEND — A man accused of striking and killing an Elkhart construction-zone worker near Lakeville earlier this week has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs and causing a death.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart man received a 16-year sentence Thursday after pleading guilty to dealing meth.
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ELKHART — Mayor Tim Neese, Police Chief Chris Snyder and independent reviewers on Thursday proposed policy changes to the Elkhart Police Department as a consequence of a review that began after revelations of police brutality in 2018.
ELKHART — Elkhart police officers are adding a “less lethal” weapon to their belt.
SOUTH BEND — Elkhart Police officers have asked a judge to rule against a woman who is suing them after they shot her while opening fire on a car in 2016, killing the driver.
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ELKHART — Four Elkhart police officers were applauded on Monday for stopping an armed robbery and preventing a possible hostage situation.
ELKHART — An Elkhart police officer has received a one-day suspension for allowing a civilian to take a stroller from another person’s residence.
ELKHART — An Elkhart police officer has been suspended for two days for his involvement in an off-duty incident when three intoxicated officers may have fired a weapon from a car in December 2018.
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GOSHEN — Eleven more molestation charges have been filed against a volunteer youth leader at a Goshen church after four more alleged victims came forward.
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