A man with a mental disability who has for years claimed he was wrongfully convicted of an Elkhart murder and who spent more than 15 years behind bars can proceed to a new trial after the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a post-conviction relief order vacating his murder conviction.
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The biblical words “love is patient, love is kind,” have significant meaning to close friends Lonisha Johnson and Kristy Johnson, both of whom are incarcerated at the Clark County Jail.
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After more than 10 years with a criminal record, an Elkhart man successfully petitioned to reduce his felony conviction to a misdemeanor. But when he tried to expunge the conviction two years later, he faced an unexpected setback. The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether he and others in his situation must wait longer for an expungement.
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The Indiana Supreme Court in December selected Amy Karozos to succeed Indiana Public Defender Stephen Owens, who retired at the end of 2019. “It’s nice to be back,” said Karozos, who began her four-year term Jan. 13.
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An Indianapolis man was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison this week after pleading guilty to his role in a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, the U.S. attorney’s office announced Tuesday. He was charged in 2019 and entered his plea in 2022.
The individuals worked together to distribute a total of nearly 500 pounds of methamphetamine and over three kilograms of fentanyl, according to court documents.
A Greenwood man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to participating in multiple fraud schemes totaling a combined loss of $2.93 million.
An Indianapolis man was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for committing an armed carjacking of a United States Postal Service truck in June 2022.
The man pleaded guilty in November to two counts of neglect of a dependent resulting in catastrophic injury, both Level 1 felonies, and one count of aggravated battery as a Level 3 felony in the abuse of a three-year-old boy.
Authorities said the convictions are tied to defendants’ efforts to distribute nearly 400 pounds of methamphetamine and over seven kilograms of fentanyl between September 2021 and November 2022.
President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment. The outcome cements Trump’s conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.
In a singular moment in U.S. history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation’s highest court refused to intervene.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump about a former law clerk the day before Trump went to the high court in a push to delay the sentencing in his New York hush-money case, the justice said Wednesday.
Trump’s lawyers say the case should be halted automatically while they ask a New York appeals court to reverse Judge Juan M. Merchan’s decision last week to set the case for sentencing on Friday.
Allen’s defense team said they advised their client not to participate in providing information for the pre-sentence investigation because Allen maintains his innocence and hopes to present a full defense at a second trial for the murders of two Delphi teens.
An Indianapolis man faces more than two decades in prison after his sentencing for a November 2023 drunk driving incident that resulted in the deaths of two people.
Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic said at the hearing in Los Angeles that he needed time to review 17 boxes of documents and give a new district attorney in Los Angeles County time to weigh in on the case.
An Evansville addiction counselor who illegally dealt drugs to his patients will no longer be licensed in Indiana to provide counseling.
A Vanderburgh County judge has sentenced a man to 50 years in prison, the maximum allowable sentence, for two felony child molesting convictions.
A Plainfield man was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for committing three armed robberies at businesses in the Indianapolis area. In August and September 2019, 65-year-old Larry Gibson robbed three stores on the east side of Indianapolis. On Aug. 24, Gibson stole $320 from an OfficeMax on East Washington Street. On Aug. 28, […]
An Indianapolis drug dealer was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl while serving on community corrections, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Tywan Church, 43, of Fort Wayne, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to distribution of a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
An Indiana man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison after pleading guilty to making a violent threat against a local election official in Michigan soon after the 2020 election.
A Jeffersonville man faces more than five years in prison after he was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol.