WARSAW — Something needed to be done as the case load in juvenile court has been increasing. A little more than a year ago Kosciusko County started the teen court program. “We have had really good results,” said Marsha Carey, Kosciusko Cares, who oversees the program. Teen court is for teens who have committed low-level …read more.

Chase Allen Elder NOTE: Ink Free News has been notified that the information received pertaining to this story stems from charges filed in January. The information on the booking sheet should have read, “failure to appear.” The original article from January can be accessed here. WARSAW — Chase Allen Elder, 31, 4447 N. Third Place, Leesburg, …read more.

Kosciusko The following people were booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:

JEFFERSONVILLE — A Jeffersonville man arrested with a car full of weapons in California early Sunday, June 12, is now the subject of an FBI investigation.

WARSAW — Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Michael Reed accepted plea agreements on four individuals Monday and issued suspended sentences on three. All five had entered plea agreements in March either calling for charges to be dismissed or the level of the crime reduced. Aaron E. Torbet, 34, 708 S. Kinder Drive, Syracuse, received a total …read more.

Janet Antoinette Combs WARSAW — Janet A. Combs, 42, Warsaw, who has been sober for 13 months, has participated in rehabilitation programs and is helping others, was given three years in the county jail, but all suspended to be served on probation. She was also ordered to serve 80 hours of community service. Combs appeared …read more.

WARSAW — While calling it a manufactured offense Judge Michael Reed noted the actions of Matthew A. Lucas, 38, 2501 W. Side Drive, Warsaw, still could not be tolerated. Lucas was sentenced in Kosciusko Circuit Court Monday, April 25, on a charge of dealing in a narcotic drug, a lesser included charge that was a …read more.

WARSAW — Two individuals arrested in August 2014, have received sentences in their court matters. Both were facing multiple charges relating to corrupt business influence, drugs and synthetic drugs. Michelle L. Stimmel, 37, 6351 Jackson St., Kimmel, was sentenced to the Indiana Department of Corrections to serve a total of seven years on Jan. 4, …read more.

WARSAW — A call of a bomb threat at an area business, done as a joke on a buddy, has resulted in a 25-year-old having a felony conviction on his otherwise clean record. “I cannot for the life of me figure what Made you do something like this. I don’t see anything humorous about this. …read more.

WARSAW — A man who plead guilty to a charge of invasion of privacy, a class A misdemeanor, was given one-year probation today in Kosciusko Superior 1 Court. Charges of stalking and two counts of domestic battery were dismissed.

DECATUR, IN — Sasha J. Hunt, 23, of Berne, Indiana, was sentenced July 27 to 12 years probation for a Class B felony charge of attempted aggravated battery. The charge stems from an incident Oct. 13, 2013, in which she “knowingly inflicted injury on a person that created a substantial risk of death,” according to …read more.