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Judge Rejects Jason Cooke’s Second Plea Agreement
Another plea agreement from Jason Cooke has been rejected in Starke Circuit Court. He’s charged with the October 2015 robbery of Sescoe Wireman. Cooke is accused of hitting Wireman in the head, and...
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Jury Trial in the Case of David Spohn to Begin Today
A 12-member jury will be seated today in Starke Circuit Court to hear testimony in the case of David Spohn who is charged with domestic battery resulting in serious bodily injury as a Level 5 felony....
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Plea and Sentencing Hearing Set for Jason Cooke
A third plea agreement has been reached in the case of Jason Cooke. Cooke is charged with the October 2015 robbery of Sescoe Wireman of Knox. Cooke is accused of hitting Wireman in the head, and taking...
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Verdict Returned in Starke County Jury Trial
A Starke County man was found guilty by a 12-member jury in Starke Circuit Court on Thursday on a charge of domestic battery as a Level 6 felony. The jury found that David Spohn battered his wife after...
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Jason Cooke Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
Jason Cooke was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court Monday afternoon. Cooke pleaded guilty in an amended plea agreement to count of robbery as a Level 2 felony. Cooke admitted to robbing Sescoe Wireman...
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Two Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court on Drug Charges
Two defendants charged with a felony level of possession of methamphetamine were sentenced in Starke Circuit Court Wednesday morning. Debra Trusty, 46, pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the...
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David Spohn Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
David Spohn A Starke man was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court Thursday afternoon after a jury found him guilty of domestic battery as a Level 6 felony in a jury trial earlier this month. The jury...
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Knox Man Sentenced to Home Detention, Probation in Hearing
A Knox man was sentenced per the terms of a plea agreement in a hearing in Starke Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon. Frank Matkovich admitted to Judge Kim Hall that he was driving under the influence...
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Sean Wilson Sentenced in Plea Agreement
A suspect in a rash of thefts in October of 2017 was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court Wednesday morning. San Pierre resident, 19-year-old Sean Wilson, pleaded guilty in a plea agreement between his...
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Jan Dollahan, Jr. on Trial in Starke Circuit Court
A Starke Circuit Court jury is expected to hear testimony today in a case involving the alleged disregard of a protective order and criminal recklessness. It is alleged that on May 30, 2016 Jan...
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Jury Finds Jan Dollahan Jr. Guilty of Criminal Recklessness, Invasion of Privacy
Jan Dollahan Jr. has been found guilty of Criminal Recklessness and Invasion of Privacy, after neighbors say he shot multiple rounds at their property, in an incident in May of 2016. Starke County...
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Initial Hearing Held in Starke Circuit Court for Plymouth Teen Facing...
A Plymouth man accused of rape, sexual misconduct with a minor, and child exploitation appeared in Starke Circuit Court Friday. Court documents say that Thomas D. Holloway, who was 18 at the time,...
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Trial Begins Today in Starke Circuit Court
A 12-member jury will be seated this morning in a trial that is expected to take approximately three days in Starke Circuit Court. Roland “Tiger” Minix is facing two counts of criminal confinement as a...
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Jury Returns Verdicts in Starke Circuit Court Trial
A 12-member jury returned verdicts on Friday in the case of Roland “Tiger” Minix in Starke Circuit Court. The jury found Minix not guilty on a count of criminal confinement as a Level 3 felony and not...
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Jordan Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
A Winamac man was sentenced to probation in a plea and sentencing hearing Tuesday morning in Starke Circuit Court. In a plea agreement with the state, 25-year-old Adair Jordan pleaded guilty to a...
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Dollahan Sentencing Continued
A sentencing hearing held Wednesday morning for a man found guilty by a jury on charges of criminal recklessness and invasion of privacy was continued in Starke Circuit Court. Jan Dollahan, Jr. faced a...
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Two Sentenced for Failure to Pay Child Support
Two defendants were sentenced in Starke Circuit Court this week after they failed to pay child support. Daniel Roberts pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state on a charge of non-support of a...
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Two Defendants Sentenced on Burglary, Theft Charges
A former Starke County resident who has been arrested at least 50 times was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court last week. Thomas Skibbe, 46, who now resides in Indianapolis, pleaded guilty in a plea...
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Trial to Begin Today in Starke Circuit Court
Zachary Christian An Anderson man accused of striking a woman will have to face a jury of his peers in a trial set to begin in Starke Circuit Court today. Zachary Christian, 27, was arrested on Feb. 7...
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Jury Returns Verdict in Zachary Christian Trial
Zachary Christian has been found guilty of domestic battery, but not the Level 6 felony charge of criminal confinement, according to the Starke County Prosecutor’s Office. Christian was accused of...
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