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Final State’s Witnesses Scheduled to Testify in Arson Trial
The final witnesses for the state are set to testify today in the arson trial of a Knox businessman. James Campbell is accused of setting fire to the buildings that housed his tire shop and recycling...
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Testimony Puts Salvage Yard Owner at Business Minutes Before Fire
Video evidence introduced in the arson trial of a Knox businessman indicates he was the last person to leave the property and did so minutes before the first smoke was visible. James Campbell owns...
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Testimony Concludes in Salvage Yard Arson Trial
The fate of a Knox man accused of setting his businesses on fire will soon be in the hands of a jury. The defense in James Campbell’s arson trial rested at 4:16 p.m. Tuesday after calling three...
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Arson Trial Ends With Hung Jury
After nearly 12 hours of deliberation the jury in the arson trial of a Knox businessman was unable to reach a verdict. Starke Circuit Judge Kim Hall declared a mistrial in State v. James Campbell at...
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Nies to Appear for Initial Hearing
Luther Nies A Knox man accused of felony attempted child seduction and child solicitation is scheduled to appear in Starke Circuit Court today for an initial hearing. Luther Nies, 25, was arrested on a...
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Accused Child Molester Remains Jailed on $35,000 Bond
A 25-year-old Knox man who is accused of trying to molest a preschooler in February of 2013 remains jailed on a $35,000 surety bond. Magistrate Jeanene Calabrese denied a request to lower Luther Nies’...
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Surgery Delays Murder Trial, Prompts Reevaluation of Jail Medical Contract
A murder trial scheduled to start April 13 in Starke Circuit Court has been pushed back to at least July so the defendant can have surgery deemed medically necessary by a provider under contract with...
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Katrina Schoeder Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
A woman was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to a felony charge in Starke Circuit Court. Katrina Schoeder pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state to a charge of maintaining a...
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Status Hearing Set for Arson Defendant
The owner of a Knox business destroyed by fire last March is due back in Starke Circuit Court next week for a status hearing. James Campbell owns Starke County Recycling, C&C Salvage and Campbell’s...
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Plea Hearing Set in Attempted Murder Case
Benton Christopher Howard A plea hearing has been set in Starke Circuit Court for a man accused of stabbing a Knox resident in the early morning hours of Sunday, Nov. 30. According to the affidavit of...
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New Trial Date Set in James Campbell Case
An October trial date has been set for the owner of a Knox business destroyed by fire last March, but that may change. A jury last month in Starke County Recycling owner James Campbell’s arson trial...
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State Appeals Court Upholds Starke County Conviction and Sentence
A state appellate court weighs in on a conviction and sentence in Starke Circuit Court. A jury found Donald Frazier guilty of a felony offense of operating while intoxicated with a prior conviction and...
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Furlong Sentenced to Five Years on Home Detention
A Knox man received a sentence of five years on home detention after pleading guilty to charges in two different cases in Starke Circuit Court. Nathaniel Furlong admitted to a probation violation and...
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Starke County Murder Trial Still on Schedule for July
The murder trial for a Knox man accused of beating his estranged wife to death at their rural California Township home last June is still on schedule for late July. Gary Chavez was scheduled to stand...
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Suly Hayman Found Not Guilty
A not guilty verdict was delivered following a one-day trial in Starke Circuit Court. The defendant, Suly Hayman, 29, of Knox was accused of felony battery in an incident stemming from November 2013....
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Defendants Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
A Walkerton man who admitted strangling his ex-girlfriend during a feud over a security department and a Knox man who admitted driving in spite of a lifetime license suspension were both sentenced...
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Judge Accepts Guilty Pleas, Sentences Defendants
A Wheatfield man who is 10 years in arrears on child support payments totaling more than $14,000 has a second chance to catch up. Starke Circuit Judge Kim Hall accepted a guilty plea from Jason Lucas,...
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Judge Sets New Sentence Status Hearing for Attempted Murder Defendant
Starke Circuit Judge Kim Hall isn’t comfortable accepting a plea agreement from an attempted murder defendant who claims he acted in self defense just yet. He’s instructed the prosecutor and Benton...
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Knox Man Sentenced on Drug Possession Charge
A Knox man who pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance will serve two years on probation for the offense. Officers at the Starke County Jail found two Xanax pills inside the sock of...
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Convicted Child Molester Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
A Mooresville man who was found guilty of child molesting during a May bench trial in Starke Circuit Court was sentenced yesterday. Starke Circuit Judge Kim Hall sentenced Jeffery Shidler, 54, to four...
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