Clifton Valentius Holiday, 27, Winona Lake, was sentenced in United States Federal Court, Northern District, South Bend. He received an 84-month sentence with two years supervised release. He plead guilty to the felony offense of being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to the United States Attorney’s Office, documents filed in the case …read more.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in federal court: Ryan Lasuer, 27, of Warsaw, who has been detained since his arrest in 2011, was sentenced to time served and two years of supervised release after pleading guilty to the felony offense of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance …read more.

Raymond Belsan, 33, of Syracuse, Ind., was sentenced this week in Northern District federal court to 120 months — or 10 years imprisonment, with 7 years supervised release — after pleading guilty to the felony offense of distribution of child pornography. According to documents filed in this case, in September 2012, Belsan possessed a custom …read more.

Tad Vandermark, of Syracuse, and Jose Gonzalez, 61, of Milford, were both sentenced in Northern District Federal Court this week for their crimes. Vandermark was sentenced to 360 months imprisonment with 15 years supervised release after pleading guilty to the felony offense of production of child pornography. Though information provided by the Northern District Federal …read more.

On Dec. 27, a federal court ruled in favor of Grace College suspending the enforcement of the abortion pill mandate against the Winona Lake based school. According to Grace, the injunction allows the school to continue offering medical coverage to its employees without compromising the school’s religious standpoint against the drug. “The mandate violates our …read more.

Adam C. Snyder Adam C. Snyder, 28, of Warsaw, was sentenced this week in federal court for the felony offense of possessing child pornography, an illegal hobby he had been involved in for years. Snyder was arrested in February after a freelance computer specialist was hired by Snyder to remove the hard drive from a …read more.

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against a Milford man who was once arrested in one of the largest drug busts in Kosciusko County history. The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Jose Gonzalez, 61, of Milford, was charged in a two-count indictment with one count of possession with intent to distribute …read more.

Adam Snyder Adam Christopher Snyder, 28, of Warsaw, pleaded guilty this week in South Bend District federal court to the felony offense of possession of child pornography. Snyder was arrested earlier this year when a computer contractor found stored photos and video of child pornography on Snyder’s computer’s hard drive. Snyder, of 115 EMS B48 …read more.

Adam C. Snyder A Warsaw man arrested last month by Kosciusko County authorities for being in possession of child pornography, has been arrested by federal authorities on the same charges. Adam Christopher Snyder, 28, 115 EMS B48 Ln., Warsaw, was arrested in February for having stored photos and videos of child pornography on his computer’s …read more.

A federal court jury in Grand Rapids, Mich., ruled this week that Warsaw-based Zimmer Holdings will pay $70 million plus damages and royalties totaling $63.7 million to Stryker for patent infringement. On Tuesday, the jury found that Zimmer Holdings infringed three Stryker patents pertaining to its Pulsavac wound debridement system devices. According to Bloomberg.com, the …read more.

In an Indianapolis federal courtroom Monday, Don Marsh, 75, former CEO of Marsh Supermarkets, went on trial for allegations he defrauded the company out of millions of dollars. During Marsh’s tenure as head of the company, he built and opened Arthur’s Supermarket in Syracuse where is also a summer resident of Lake Wawasee. Don and …read more.

Hayle Doty, 24, of Milford, Ind., pleaded guilty to felony offense of conspiracy to distribute marijuana in a federal court and will face sentencing next year. Doty and Joseph Olivo, 32, both of Milford, were charged by Elkhart County authorities when methamphetamine and more than 100 pounds of marijuana was located in their then Rolling …read more.

Brandon Birchmeier, 31, of Plymouth, Ind., was sentenced by Judge Robert Miller Jr. to 51 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to the felony offense of possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. This case was the result of an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and …read more.