ELKHART — Admitting he was wrong and asking for a second chance, didn’t deter Special Judge Stephen Bowers this afternoon, Nov. 20. Bowers sentenced Kevin L. Bronson to the Indiana Department of Corrections to serve his seven-year sentence. A special notation will be sent to the IDOC noting Bronson may be in danger from other …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS  — An appeal by Brandon Thomas Woody, 25, Syracuse, is awaiting ruling by the Indiana Court of Appeals. Briefs on behalf of Woody and by the state have been filed with the court. Woody is appealing his murder conviction of the Feb. 19, 2015, deaths of Tara Thornburg and Josh Knisley, Woody was found …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle David DeHart, 24, Syracuse, was found guilty by a jury Oct. 6, 2016, for the murders of Tara Thornburg and Josh Knisley Feb. 19, 2015. He was sentenced 20 days later to 110 years on two counts of murder and one year for obstruction of justice. An appeal of his conviction was …read more.

WARSAW — “No matter what anybody says I did not commit this crime,” stated Brandon Thomas Woody when given an opportunity to make a statement this morning in Kosciusko Circuit Court. This statement brought sounds of disbelief and sarcastic laughs from those in the packed courtroom. Woody, 24, was sentenced by Judge Michael Reed to …read more.

WARSAW — The remainder of 24-year-old Kyle David DeHart’s life will be spent behind bars unless he wins an appeals case with Indiana Court of Appeals. DeHart was sentenced this morning by Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Michael Reed to 55 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections for the murder of Joshua Randall Knisley. He …read more.

Mack Samuel Stokes WARSAW — Mack Samuel Stokes, 43, 4330 N. Old SR 15 Lot 41, Warsaw, was sentenced today for a level 5 felony of burglary. Stokes is to serve six years at the Indiana Department of Corrections, with four of those years suspended. Stokes was given jail-time credit of 680 days. As part …read more.

WARSAW — The Kosciusko County Commissioners approved a grant today, Tuesday, May 17, for the Department of Corrections to keep running. Kosciusko Community Corrections Director Kurt Jones asked the commissioners to approve a $356,200 grant the Indiana Department of Corrections has granted the DoC to hire employees and the electronic monitoring equipment for home detention. …read more.

WARSAW — “I’m going to give you a chance because I think you can be a productive part of the community. You’re a smart guy,” said Kosciusko County Circuit Court Judge Michael Reed to Brian Richardson in his sentencing today, March 7. Richardson, 27, of Warsaw, was sentenced on the charge of dealing in a …read more.

Jesse Caudill WARSAW — A 24-year-old Warsaw man was sentenced to a total of nine years on Tuesday, March 1, to the Indiana Department of Corrections on two charges of dealing a narcotic drug, both level four felonies. However a portion of the sentence was suspended. Jesse Austin Caudill, 23, 751 E. Fort Wayne St., …read more.

COLUMBIA CITY — Jessica Kissinger, 20, Churubusco, was sentenced to 14 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections today in Whitley Circuit Court. Kissinger was convicted of molesting a child on three different occasions in 2013 and 2014. Prosecuting Attorney Matthew J. Rentschler argued for a stiff sentence: “The court needs to consider the lasting …read more.

WARSAW — A Warsaw woman was sentenced on Jan. 6, for a total of six years on a battery charge, with a weapon, and dealing in a narcotic drug. Three other charges were dismissed. Heather, L. May, 30, 1834 Sharon St., Warsaw, through a plea agreement, was sentenced in Kosciusko Circuit Court to three years …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.

WABASH — Derek Lee Corbran, 22, whose address is shown on court records as 500 E. SR 13N, North Manchester, but was booked under a Mentone address was sentenced to six years at the Indiana Department of Corrections, with two years suspended, on a class C, child molesting charge. A second charge of child molesting, …read more.

Madison McKenzie Jones WARSAW — Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Michael Reed handed down a six-year sentence at the Department of Corrections to a 19-year-old mother who pleaded guilty to battery resulting in serious bodily injury and neglect of a dependent this morning. He suspended all but 18 months. Madison McKenzie Jones, 19, 301 Ulrich Drive, …read more.

A southern Indiana man who attempted to fake his own death to avoid arrest in 2012 has been released from prison to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Wade R. Meisberger, 43, was released Monday from the Indiana Department of Corrections. He had become a fugitive in 2012 when a probation violation warrant …read more.

Joshua Julian Surface, 42, West Perry Street, Warsaw, was sentenced today to 20 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections on child molesting charges. He was charged with three counts, each a class A felony. A plea agreement dropped the charges to class B felonies. The agreement also stipulated the sentence for each count be served …read more.

One of three men involved in an April 19 robbery in Silver Lake was sentenced today in Kosciusko Superior Court I. Timothy Hackworth, 23, pleaded guilty to the class C felony crime relating to the April 19 robbery of the Silver Lake McClure Gas Station. Hackworth, along with Andrew Scott Asbury, 19, of North Manchester, and Harrison Henry …read more.