Ex-Portage mayor gets 21 months in prison for seeking bribe
A former northwestern Indiana mayor who was found guilty of taking a $13,000 bribe from a trucking company and illegal tax evasion was sentenced Wednesday to 21 months in prison.
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A former northwestern Indiana mayor who was found guilty of taking a $13,000 bribe from a trucking company and illegal tax evasion was sentenced Wednesday to 21 months in prison.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Dexter Eastridge v. Estate of Richard Rayles
21A-PL-673
Civil plenary. Affirms Crawford Circuit Court’s denial of a motion to set aside default judgment. Finds Dexter Eastridge waived his right to arbitration after failing to respond to the estate’s motion to compel arbitration. Finds the trial court didn’t abuse its discretion by entering default judgment.
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A Crawford County man waived his right to arbitration by failing to respond to an estate’s motion to compel arbitration, making a default judgment by the trial court appropriate, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled.
The Indiana Senate Interim Study Committee on Corrections and Criminal Code met Tuesday to discuss topics surrounding juvenile justice, including sentencing to life without parole.
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Indiana’s pace of COVID-19 vaccination shots has fallen to its lowest level since the shots became available last winter.
A LaPorte man has been charged with murder in the death of his 4-year-old son shortly after the boy’s death was ruled a homicide, authorities said.
An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department sergeant faces two felony charges and a recommendation to be fired after body camera video showed him using excessive force during a recent arrest, authorities said Tuesday.
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