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Indiana Court of Appeals Upholds Starke Circuit Court Sentence
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a sentence imposed against Dennis Wireman in Starke Circuit Court. Wireman was convicted in 2013 on three counts of illegal possession of a controlled substance as a...
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Joseph Esposito Found Guilty in Starke Circuit Court Trial
Guilty verdicts were returned on three counts filed against Joseph Esposito. The half-day trial began Wednesday morning in Starke Circuit Court, and two witnesses testified during the hearing including...
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Two Defendants Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
A Walkerton man will serve a total of 30 months on home detention through Starke County Community Corrections after pleading guilty to domestic battery and invasion of privacy charges. Starke Circuit...
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Knox Man Sentenced to Prison for Burglary
A Knox man who pleaded guilty to burglary in connection with a break-in at a friend’s home last January was sentenced to 10 years in prison for that offense with none of that sentence suspended. Glenn...
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Two Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
Two offenders were sentenced in Starke Circuit Court on Monday. Sammie Marshall, 20, of Knox pleaded guilty in an agreement with the State to a charge of theft as a Class D felony. He admitted to...
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State Appeals Court Affirms Starke Circuit Court Ruling
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a sentence handed down in Starke Circuit Court in 2014. Gregory Schweisthal was sentenced to 64 months in prison on a felony invasion of privacy and a...
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Starke Circuit Court Jury Trial Ends
A verdict was returned late yesterday afternoon in a jury trial in Starke Circuit Court. Jason Hansen was found guilty on a charge of domestic battery as a Class D felony and not guilty on a charge of...
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Hansen Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
Jason Hansen was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court Thursday morning. Hansen was found guilty on a charge of Domestic Battery as a Class D felony in a trial held this week. He was sentenced to three...
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Home Detention Ordered in Custody Interference Case
A woman accused of interfering with a custody exchange will spend the next 12 months on home detention through Starke County Community Corrections. Amy Lowe pleaded guilty to the felony offense this...
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Robert Corbin Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
Robert “Ryan” Corbin Robert Corbin was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court Thursday afternoon. Corbin pleaded guilty to child seduction as a Class C felony in a previous court setting. Judge Kim Hall...
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Mother of Baby Left in Car Makes Initial Court Appearance
The mother of an infant who suffered frostbite after being left alone in a car after a Feb. 5 crash near North Judson made her initial appearance in Starke Circuit Court yesterday. Shayna Madison, 24,...
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Final Pretrial Hearing Set for Murder Defendant
Next month’s murder trial for a Knox man accused of killing his estranged wife at their rural California Township home last June is still on schedule. Gary Chavez is charged with murder, kidnapping...
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Arson Trial Set to Start in Starke Circuit Court
Almost a year after a set fire destroyed a Knox business the owner is scheduled to stand trial in Starke Circuit Court. James Campbell owns C&C Salvage on U.S. 35 just south of Toto Road. It...
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Jury Seated in C&C Salvage Arson Trial
A jury of eight men and six women will hear testimony in the C&C Salvage arson trial in Starke Circuit Court. Attorneys for the state and defendant James Campbell spent yesterday screening...
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First Witnesses Testify in Salvage Yard Arson Trial
The first two witnesses for the state have testified in the arson trial of a Knox man accused of setting his business on fire. James Campbell owns C&C Salvage, also known as Starke County...
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State Appeals Court Upholds Starke Circuit Court Conviction
The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a Knox man’s conviction on a drug charge from 2013. A jury found Alfred Higdon guilty of possession of methamphetamine as a Class D felony. He was sentenced to...
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Testimony Resumes Today in Salvage Yard Arson Trial
The state will call more witnesses today in the arson trial of a Knox man accused of setting his business on fire. James Campbell owns C&C Salvage, also known as Starke County Recycling, at the...
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Firefighters Testify in Arson Trial
The first firefighters to arrive at the scene of a blaze at a Knox business testified yesterday in the arson trial of its owner. James Campbell is accused of setting fire to his salvage yard and tire...
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Fire Investigator Testifies in Arson Trial
A fire investigator who looked into the cause an origin of the fire that destroyed a Knox business a year ago says it started in two separate spots. Larry Cooper was hired by the insurance company...
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Investigators Testify in Salvage Yard Arson Trial
The arson trial of a Knox man whose business went up in flames a year ago yesterday will resume Monday morning. A pair of investigators from the state fire marshal’s office testified in James...
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