Ex-Brinks driver pleads guilty to Hammond armored truck robbery
A Chicago man has pleaded guilty of an armored truck robbery in northwestern Indiana that netted several suspects more than $600,000 in cash.
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Clark Circuit judge wounded in shooting enters guilty plea
One of the two judges injured in a downtown Indianapolis shooting pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to misdemeanor battery stemming from the May 1 incident. He will serve no jail time.
Ex-Brownsburg attorney gets 30-month sentence for tax evasion
A former Brownsburg attorney who pleaded guilty to tax evasion earlier this year will spend 2½ years in prison and owes more than $2.4 million to the Internal Revenue Service.
Former Indianapolis payroll exec pleads guilty in $9.4M fraud scheme
An Indianapolis man who operated a downtown payroll services business pleaded guilty to federal charges Friday after admitting to conducting a fraud scheme that cost his clients and the Internal Revenue Service more than $9.4 million, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
Chicago-based gang member to plead guilty in rival’s killing
A member of a Chicago-based street gang plans to plead guilty to murder and racketeering charges for his alleged role in a rival gang member’s killing.
Vincennes father gets 65-year term for son’s strangulation
A judge has sentenced a southwestern Indiana man to 65 years in prison for fatally strangling his 5-year-old son. The sentencing on Friday came after 55-year-old Robert Baldwin of Vincennes pleaded guilty but mentally ill in June for Gabriel Baldwin’s 2017 death.
Indiana mom gets 12 years in prison after pulling son’s feeding tube
A Terre Haute woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for neglect in the death of her infant son whose feeding tube was removed.
New Castle prison employee smuggled wedding ring, investigators say
Authorities say a prison food employee who was smitten with an Indiana inmate smuggled a wedding ring behind bars. Investigators at the Department of Correction quote 46-year-old Rebecca Landers as saying she was in love with Chad Shackelford and planned to have him move in with her when he’s released in 2022.
Man sentenced to 50 years in Jeffersonville businessman’s killing
A man who pleaded guilty in the slaying of southern Indiana businessman during a robbery has been sentenced to 50 years in prison. Antonio J. McRae, 36, learned his sentence Thursday in a Clark County courtroom.
Indiana man pleads guilty in triple slaying, faces 200 years
A Fort Wayne man is facing a 200-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in the fatal shootings of three people. Kameron Joyner pleaded guilty Thursday in Allen County to three murder counts and two counts of attempted murder.
Self-described retired drag queen gets 20 years for Gary slaying
A 75-year-old self-described retired drag queen has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man in northwestern Indiana who allegedly used a gay slur during a dispute.
Habitual offender enhancement in plea not involuntary, COA holds
The denial of a prisoner’s petition for post-conviction relief has been upheld after the Indiana Court of Appeals concluded the man’s guilty plea that included a habitual criminal offender enhancement was not involuntary.
Man pleads guilty to robbery in Gary shootout that wounded agent
A Chicago man who was involved in an Indiana shootout in which a federal agent was wounded and another suspect was killed has pleaded guilty to robbery.
Justices: Decades-old rule in fixed plea modifications still stands
In upholding a decades-old rule recently codified through a legislative amendment, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled in companion cases that trial courts can only modify a sentence entered as part of a fixed-plea agreement if the modified sentence would not have violated the plea agreement at the time the sentence was originally imposed.
Clark County nurses sentenced for stealing patient medication
Two Clark County nurses have been sentenced for stealing narcotics medication from patients following an investigation by the Indiana Attorney General’s Office.
Allen County woman gets 3 years in neglect death
A northeastern Indiana woman has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to neglect in the death of her 2-year-old daughter. A judge Friday suspended nine years of the 12-year sentence handed 30-year-old Crystal Belcher of New Haven under terms of a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Merrillville man admits killing girlfriend’s mom, brother
A northwestern Indiana man faces up to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty in the fatal shootings of his girlfriend’s brother and mother.
Fort Wayne man wants to withdraw plea in toddler’s death
A northeastern Indiana man wants to withdraw his guilty plea to neglect in the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter. Shane Patton of Fort Wayne appeared in court Tuesday and was ordered held until Aug. 13, when a hearing is scheduled for him on bond and to assign a new public defender.
Fort Wayne man faces at least 205 years in killings of 4
A Fort Wayne man who admitted killing four people, including his unborn child, is facing a prison sentence of at least 205 years in the slayings.
Appeals court rules DACA resident understood immigration risks
An Elkhart County man who pleaded guilty to drug charges but successfully met certain conditions to avoid a felony conviction is still facing deportation after the Indiana Court of Appeals found his initials on the advisement were enough to indicate he understood the immigration consequences.