Fort Wayne mayor gets suspended sentence for drunken driving
The mayor of Indiana’s second-largest city has received a suspended one-year jail sentence after he pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person.
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Fort Wayne Council seeks answers on mayor’s OWI arrest
The Fort Wayne City Council has asked the city’s attorney to answer several questions stemming from Mayor Tom Henry’s recent drunken driving crash and the suspension of his driver’s license for 90 days.
2 Indy attorneys suspended
Two Indianapolis attorneys have been handed suspensions by the Indiana Supreme Court.
COA: Despite driver’s admission to smoking meth, state failed to prove OWI
A man who told Indiana State Police that he had smoked methamphetamine hours before he was pulled over has had his operating while intoxicated conviction reversed.
Despite sticker shock, COA affirms $150K bail for teen charged in deadly crash
Noting several times its limited role in reviewing the denial of a request to reduce bail, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed a trial court’s ruling that set bail at $150,000 for an Elkhart County teenager charged in a deadly auto accident.
Fort Wayne lawyer on probation, JLAP monitoring following OWI conviction
A Fort Wayne criminal defense and DUI attorney has been placed on probation following a criminal OWI conviction.
IN Supreme Court: Father’s substantive rights not violated in OWI case involving minor child
A father who was convicted of driving under the influence while his young daughter was in the car will not have his sentence reversed by the Indiana Supreme Court on allocution violation grounds.
Justices order for resentencing of drunken driver
A Logansport man who was charged with drunken driving without a license with his three young grandchildren in his vehicle will be resentenced after the Indiana Supreme Court found “multiple irregularities” in his original sentencing.
High court to hear negligence, drunken driving cases in January arguments
The Indiana Supreme Court is scheduled to kick off the new year with two oral arguments on the schedule.
Indiana man faces more serious charges in deadly hit-and-run
A northern Indiana man charged in a June hit-and-run crash that killed one teenager and injured a second faces more serious charges.
Father convicted of OWI with child in car loses appeal of 6-year sentence
A man convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated with his toddler in the car could not convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that he was denied his right to allocution or that his sentence should be reconsidered.
Authorities: West Lafayette man charged after 30-mile police chase
An Indiana man has been hit with several charges after allegedly leading police on a nearly 30-mile chase in a stolen semi-truck, according to authorities.
Man jailed after crashing through Indiana State Prison gate
A motorist who crashed through the Indiana State Prison’s main gate has been charged with drunken driving and criminal trespass, state police said.
Carmel lawyer suspended, ordered to JLAP monitoring following OWIs
A Carmel lawyer who recently pleaded guilty to multiple drunken driving offenses has been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana and ordered to monitoring under the Indiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program.
Indy Chamber general counsel suspended following second OWI
An Indianapolis lawyer serving as general counsel to the Indy Chamber has been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana following a second drunken driving conviction.
COA panel to hear oral arguments in OWI discovery case
The Indiana Court of Appeals is set to hear oral arguments next week on the issue of compelling discovery of a police report.
Kokomo man gets no jail time in crash that killed girl, 10
A Kokomo man who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a 2018 crash that fatally injured a 10-year-old girl has been sentenced to work release and in-home detention.
Huntington Co. doctor sentenced in DUI crash that killed infant
A northern Indiana physician has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in a drunken driving crash that killed an infant and severely injured the boy’s father.
Allen County OWI court first in Indiana to be certified
Allen Circuit Court’s Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Court has become the first of its kind in the state to receive full certification.
Kokomo man gets in-home detention for deadly 2019 crash
A Kokomo man has been sentenced to a month of in-home detention for a 2019 crash that killed a 76-year-old woman in a department store’s parking lot.