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Gary Chavez to Appear in Court for Hearing
Gary Chavez will appear in Starke Circuit Court this morning for an attorney status hearing. Chavez last appeared in court for an initial hearing on Aug. 25 where he pleaded not guilty to charges of...
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Lenig Found Not Guilty
A jury found John Lenig not guilty on two charges in a two-day trial in Starke Circuit Court. Lenig was facing charges of burglary as a Class C felony and criminal mischief as a misdemeanor. A...
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Taylor Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
Eric Taylor Eric Taylor was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court Friday morning. Taylor was on trial for two days in Starke Circuit Court in August which ended with not guilty verdicts on charges of...
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Chavez to Appear for Another Attorney Status Hearing
The man accused of beating his estranged wife to death at his home in Knox, kidnapping an employee at gunpoint and fleeing in a vehicle from Mark Bailey’s Discount Center in North Judson and carjacking...
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Judge Sets Bond for Suspect in High-Speed Chase
The Grovertown man accused of backing into a Starke County Sheriff’s Deputy during an attempted traffic stop before leading officers on a high-speed chase through two counties last week is jailed on...
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Chavez to Receive Court Appointed Attorney
Gary Chavez told Judge Pro Tem Daniel Murphy in Starke Circuit Court Friday morning that he will not be able to afford a private attorney. A status hearing was held in his case on Friday to see where...
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Obomsawin Sentenced to Six Years in DOC
A South Bend man was sentenced Tuesday morning in Starke Circuit Court after pleading guilty to an amended count of child molesting as a Class C felony. A plea recommendation was offered in the case of...
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Royce Sentenced to Six Years in DOC
A Knox man with an extensive criminal history is headed back to prison for the sixth time in his life. James Royce, 44, pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state to felony charges of...
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Walkerton Woman Sentenced to Probation
A Walkerton woman was sentenced on a reduced charge in Starke Circuit Court Thursday morning. Tamara Esparza pleaded guilty to an amended charge of neglect of a dependent as a felony. However, due to...
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Defendant Sentenced under New Felony Classification
A defendant will serve time on probation after his case was settled in Starke Circuit Court on Monday. Ethan Hill pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state to a charge of theft as a Level 6...
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Trial Set in Starke Circuit Court
Curtis DeVries will be on trial in Starke Circuit Court. DeVries was arrested in February of this year for his alleged involvement in a burglary that was reported at a home in Starke County. DeVries...
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Jury Returns Verdicts in Starke Circuit Court
A jury trial has concluded in Starke Circuit Court. Curtis DeVries was found not guilty on a charge of burglary, but he was found guilty on a lesser included offense of residential entry, a Class D...
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Two Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
Two defendants were sentenced in Starke Circuit Court on Wednesday. Carter Scutchfield pleaded guilty to an amended charge of receiving stolen auto parts as a Class D felony. The sentence was presented...
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Randall Stone Sentenced to Work Release
Randall Stone was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court on Thursday. Stone, 45, pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state to an amended count of possession of methamphetamine as a Class D felony....
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Arguments Taken under Advisement in Campbell Case
Testimony was given in a hearing in Starke Circuit Court to suppress evidence in the case of James Campbell. It is alleged that Campbell set fire to his business, C&C Salvage, also known as Starke...
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Miltenberger Sentenced to Three Years in the DOC
Charles Miltenberger III, 23, pleaded guilty in plea agreements with the state to three counts in two different cases in Starke Circuit Court on Wednesday morning. Miltenberger pleaded guilty in one...
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Woman Sentenced for Her Part in Battery Incident
A woman accused of assisting a suspect in a battery incident at Wythogan Park in Knox in July was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court on Thursday. Samantha Smith, 19, pleaded guilty in a plea agreement...
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Building Corporation, Commissioners Discuss Courthouse Renovations
Money to renovate the second floor of the Starke County Courthouse could come from the county economic development income tax funds used to pay for the new jail. At that time the existing jail across...
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Two Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
Two defendants were sentenced in Starke Circuit Court on Monday morning. Winford Hensley II pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state on three charges in three different cases: habitual traffic...
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Jury Returns Not Guilty Verdict in Intimidation Trial
A jury in Starke Circuit Court returned a not guilty verdict against a criminal defendant. Heather Ferch was originally charged with intimidation as a Class C felony in connection with an incident in...
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