Judge bars Trump confidant Roger Stone from social media
A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday restricted Roger Stone’s use of social media after finding that the longtime friend of President Donald Trump violated her gag order.
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Ex-basketball coach loses child seduction appeal
A former Mishawaka High School assistant girls basketball coach failed to persuade the Indiana Court of Appeals to reverse his child seduction conviction for a sexual relationship he had with a 17-year-old player he had coached since at least Grade 8.
FBI searches Muncie offices amid multi-year investigation
FBI agents have searched municipal offices in Muncie as part of a multi-year investigation into city government in the Delaware County community.
Police say trucker speeding in Indianapolis crash that killed 3
Police said a semitrailer’s computer data says it was going above the speed limit when it slammed into a line of vehicles on an Indianapolis highway Sunday, killing a woman and her 18-month-old twin daughters.
Contempt finding, 180-day sentence upheld against man who refused to testify
A man who was sentenced to six months in prison after refusing to testify at a theft and conspiracy trial has failed to convince the Indiana Court of Appeals to overturn the contempt finding against him.
COA: Dog sniff didn’t unlawfully prolong traffic stop
A traffic stop that led to a man’s marijuana convictions was not unlawfully prolonged by a dog sniff, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled, so evidence found as a result of the sniff was not improperly admitted at trial.
More charges filed against young man in deaths of 2
Authorities have added charges in the case of a young man who is accused of killing two people in Porter County.
South Bend police officer who fatally shot black man resigns
A white Indiana police officer who fatally shot a black man, sparking protests and roiling the presidential campaign of South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, has resigned, the local police union announced Monday.
Trump moves to effectively end asylum at southern border
Reversing decades of U.S. policy, the Trump administration said Monday it will end all asylum protections for most migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border — the president’s most forceful attempt yet to block asylum claims and slash the number of people seeking refuge in America.
7th Circuit: Title agency can’t sue state to get back surrendered licenses
A title insurance company barred from doing business in Indiana after the Department of Insurance found hundreds of violations in an audit cannot sue to reclaim the licenses it voluntarily surrendered, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Reversal: Probate court must consider ex’s purported will
The ex-wife of a man who died in June 2018 will be permitted to enter into probate court a document she contends is her ex-husband’s will, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday, reversing a trial court order that determined the man had died without leaving a will.
In Utica billboard fight, COA reverses order for attorney fees
An acrimonious court fight over seven billboards outside Utica, Indiana, will not conclude with a military reuse authority paying attorney fees to the entities it sued, as a trial court ordered. The Indiana Court of Appeals on Monday reversed an order for the suing party to pay more than $237,000 to opposing counsel in litigation over highway sign permits in Clark County.
Court must consider competency in community corrections revocation, COA says
A convicted robber whose community corrections placement was revoked was denied due process because a court failed to consider his competency after evaluations had been ordered, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled.
AG Hill moves to dismiss sexual harassment, retaliation lawsuit
Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is urging a federal judge to throw out the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him and the State of Indiana, filing separate motions — one to dismiss claims brought against him individually, and another to toss those brought against him officially and against the state.
Trump asks Supreme Court to unfreeze border wall money
The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to lift a freeze on Pentagon money it wants to use to build sections of a border wall with Mexico.
New sentencing set for Baer in 2004 double slaying
A man convicted of killing a central Indiana woman and her 4-year-old daughter faces resentencing next month after federal courts threw out his death sentence.
Insurer must pay almost $225K to state for clerk-treasurer fraud
A Dearborn County judge has entered a nearly $225,000 judgment in favor of the state and against an insurance company after a Dearborn County clerk-treasurer was convicted of wire fraud.
Central Indiana brothers accused of trying to help Islamic State
A federal grand jury has indicted two Fishers brothers for allegedly attempting to provide guns and other support to the Islamic State.
Judgment for ex-Notre Dame prof who stole grant funds reversed
A fired Notre Dame professor convicted of a felony for theft of grant money and found to have possessed pornographic images on university computers lost on appeal a judgment in his favor of more than $500,000 in a breach of contract lawsuit against the university.
COA: Claim of man killed by kick falls under Medical Malpractice Act
A man’s estate could not convince an appellate panel that a psychiatric center where he was staying was liable for his death based on the theory of premises liability after he died from injuries sustained after he was kicked by an employee.