A Claypool man will serve five years in prison for three criminal cases, including one incident where he stabbed a man at Time Out Inn in Warsaw.

A Warsaw teen will serve 10 years in prison after molesting a child over the course of three years.

A Fort Wayne man will serve one year in jail after printing off photographs of child pornography at Walmart.

A local man will serve seven years in prison after administering heroin to a man who died as a result of a drug overdose almost two years ago.

An Etna Green man was sentenced in Kosciusko County Superior Court 1 Thursday, May 14.

By Liz Shepherd InkFreeNews WARSAW — A Warsaw woman received a suspended prison sentence for a child seduction case involving a foreign exchange student. Stephanie Lynn Emrie, 31, 975 Logan St., Warsaw, was charged with child seduction, a level 5 felony. A possession of child pornography charge was dismissed as part of a plea agreement. …read more.

WARSAW — A Claypool man will serve three years in prison pending his approval for work release after battering a child and woman. Cameron Don Beliles, 24, 206 E. Section St., Claypool, was charged with domestic battery with bodily injury to a person under the age of 14, a level 5 felony; and domestic battery …read more.

WARSAW — A Warsaw man will serve 25 years in prison after molesting a child for six years. Lars Eric Gustafson, 37, Warsaw, was charged with child molesting, a level 1 felony. A charge of vicarious sexual gratification was dismissed as part of a plea agreement. Gustafson was sentenced in Kosciusko Superior Court 1 on …read more.

Travis Wayne Tillotson WARSAW — A Claypool man received a suspended sentence after failing to report that his stepson had been severely abused. Travis Wayne Tillotson, 39, 1359 W. CR 800S, Claypool, was charged with neglect of a dependent, a level 6 felony. He was sentenced in Kosciusko Superior Court 1 on Thursday, Feb. 27. …read more.

WARSAW – The mother who left her toddler in the care of a friend – only to be severely abused – was given a suspended sentence Thursday, Feb. 13, in Kosciusko County Superior Court 1. Rune Star Springer, 26, was given a two and a half year sentence, but Judge David Cates suspended the sentence …read more.

WARSAW — A Warsaw man was sentenced for sexual battery in Kosciusko Superior Court 1 on Thursday, Jan. 16.  Robert Paul Snell, 44, 920 Anchorage Road, Warsaw, pleaded guilty to sexual battery, a level 6 felony.  According to the affidavit of probable cause, on June 2, 2019, Warsaw Police were contacted by Snell, who said …read more.

WARSAW — A Winona Lake man was sentenced to 12 years in prison after an infant suffered serious injuries while under his care. Medical professionals determined the infant suffered from shaken baby syndrome and may never regain her vision. Daniel James Michael Kreider, 35, 1202 Wooster Road Lot 26, Winona Lake, was charged with neglect …read more.

WARSAW — An Ohio man received a suspended one-year sentence after using a device to record four female Grace College students in various stages of undress. Gavin Layne Reeves, 20, was charged with four counts of voyeurism, all level 6 felonies. He was sentenced Thursday morning, Dec. 12. It was unclear if he was a …read more.

WARSAW — At the Kosciusko County Council meeting held Thursday, Nov. 14, a grant request by Chief Deputy Prosecutor Brad Voelz and Kosciusko County Teen Court Director Betsey Vastbinder was approved. The $129,039 grant is through the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. Voelz requested permission to reapply for the grant in 2020.  Vastbinder introduced Lana Horoho, …read more.

*Warning: The following article contains information that may not be suitable for all readers.* WARSAW — A Claypool woman arrested in January on charges of child pornography was sentenced to five years in prison in Kosciusko Superior Court I Thursday, Nov. 7. Roselyn Beatrice Burkhart, 39, 107 N. Rebecca St., Claypool, pleaded guilty to two …read more.

*WARNING: The following article contains information that may not be suitable for all readers.* WARSAW — A Lakeville man who admitted to engaging in sex with a female relative received a suspended sentence in Kosciusko Superior Court Thursday, Oct. 24.  William Glenn Davis, 54, 23095 Tyler Road, Lakeville, pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution, a level …read more.

WARSAW — A North Webster man charged with three counts of sexual misconduct with a minor received a 22-year sentence in Kosciusko Superior I Court Thursday, Oct. 17. David Edward Killian, 70, North Webster, was found guilty of the three charges in September, after a two-day jury trial. Sentences for two of the three counts …read more.

David Edward Killian WARSAW — After a two-day jury trial and approximately an hour and a half of deliberation, David Edward Killian, North Webster, was found guilty of three counts of sexual misconduct with a minor. The trial continued Wednesday, Sept. 25, with the state and defense resting their cases. The defense called no witnesses …read more.

David Edward Killian WARSAW — The first four witnesses testified on Tuesday, Sept. 24, in the jury trial of a North Webster man accused of sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl. David Edward Killian, 70, is facing three charges of sexual misconduct with a minor. The incidents allegedly occurred between March and August of 2017 …read more.

*WARNING: The following article contains information that may not be suitable for all readers.* KOSCIUSKO — A Nappanee man was sentenced to four years at the Indiana Department of Corrections after molesting a child. Lester R. Chupp, 72, 13778 N. CR 950W, Nappanee, was charged with child molesting, a level 4 felony. On Jan. 17, …read more.

KOSCIUSKO — A Huntington man was sentenced on Thursday, July 18, to three years at the Indiana Department of Corrections after allegedly setting fire to a residence. Trenton Clifton Bowers, 38, 948 Salamonie Ave., Huntington, was charged with two counts of arson, level 4 felonies; and stalking, a level 6 felony. A criminal mischief charge …read more.

KOSCIUSKO — A Kendallville man was sentenced in Kosciusko Superior One Court today, April 11, after robbing the Pierceton Lake City Bank in October 2018. Jeffery Lee Brewer, 35, 403 N. Main St., Apt. A., Kendallville, was charged with robbery, a level 5 felony. On Oct. 6, 2018, an officer with the Pierceton Police Department …read more.

WARSAW — A Pierceton man will likely serve the better part of a decade behind bars as a result of what prosecutors and his own defense described as a drug addiction-spurred crime spree in 2017 that allegedly didn’t end once he was behind bars. Jerrad Michael Schlemmer, 33, 21 EMS R4B Lane, Pierceton, appeared before …read more.

WARSAW — Despite Timothy Eugene Rottger’s apology to the court and victim, Kosciusko County Superior 1 Judge David Cates wasn’t convinced the 44-year-old is taking responsibility for his actions. Rottger, 10018 N. 400E, Syracuse, was sentenced for rape, a level 3 felony, Thursday, March 14. The crime occurred Dec. 7, 2017, at his Syracuse home. “I …read more.

The following is the third and final part of a three-part series on jail capacity, crime and punishment and personal liberty. WARSAW — Kosciusko County’s sheriff says the majority of his counterparts throughout the state deal with the same issue he does in terms of trying to keep the population in the county jail at …read more.