ELKHART — Elkhart Superior Court 2 Judge Stephen R. Bowers will take over as the special judge in the case against Kosciusko County Sheriff C. Aaron Rovenstine. Documentation in the case shows today, Friday, March 24, the attorneys of record filed an agreed entry as to the appointment of Bowers as the successor to Special …read more.

ELKHART — Evan S. Roberts, Elkhart Superior Court 1 Judge, who was appointed as special judge in the cases against C. Aaron Rovenstine has relinquished his appointment. It is expected he will also relinquish his appointment in the cases against Mark Soto and Kevin Bronson.

ELKHART — A six-day jury trial, for Keven Bronson and Mark Soto, has been put on hold.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Weekday trial dates of April 3-21, with the exception of April 14, have been set for the jury trial of C. Aaron Rovenstine on three counts of bribery, five counts of official misconduct and one count each of intimidation and assisting a criminal. The jury trial was to have begun Tuesday, Feb. …read more.

ELKHART — A motion by counsel for C. Aaron Rovenstine on Jan. 17 to continue his jury trial has been denied by Special Judge Evan S. Roberts. Roberts issued the ruling Thursday, Jan. 19. The ruling was entered into court records today, Friday, Jan. 20. A status conference was held in Elkhart Superior Court 1 …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — A telephonic status conference on charges against Kosciusko County Sheriff C. Aaron Rovenstine was held Wednesday morning, Jan. 4, in the chambers of Elkhart Superior Court Judge Evan S. Roberts. This was also a final pre-trial conference.

ELKHART — A telephonic conference call between all parties involved in the allegations against C. Aaron Rovenstine, actually took place in the Elkhart Superior No. 1 courtroom July 8.

ELKHART — Motions against and in favor of holding C. Aaron Rovenstine’s jury trial in Elkhart and a jury pool chosen from outside the county have been filed. No action has been taken on the arguments at this time by Special Judge Evan S. Roberts, Elkhart Superior Court I. It was during the April 19 …read more.

ELKHART — While a combined jury trial for Kevin Bronson and Mark H. Soto is months away in Elkhart County, various motions by attorneys have been filed with special Judge Evan S. Roberts, Elkhart Superior Court 1. These motions include: an attorney withdrawal and requests to keep the trial in Kosciusko County and have the …read more.

ELKHART — Trial dates were set this afternoon, Friday, April 15, for the three individuals indicted by Kosciusko County Grand Juries in December 2015 and January 2016. Individually Mark Soto, Aaron Rovenstine and Kevin Bronson appeared before Special Judge Evan S. Roberts, in Elkhart Superior Court 1. It was during the status conference hearing for …read more.