ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — The search for Kevin Lee Bronson, 59, ended on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 1, when he was booked in the St. Joseph County Jail. Authorities issued a statement Wednesday saying they were looking for Bronson for a parole violation. Bronson was one of three persons indicted by a Kosciusko County Grand Jury …read more.

KOSCIUSKO — Law enforcement agencies are currently searching for a man who was sentenced to serve seven years at the Indiana Department of Corrections in November 2017. Kevin L. Bronson, 59, was one of three persons indicted by a Kosciusko County Grand Jury in late 2015, with official charges brought against him,  Aaron Rovenstine and …read more.

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.

ELKHART COUNTY — Kevin Bronson pleaded not guilty on a violation filed by Elkhart County Community Corrections Nov. 13. A dispositional hearing has been set at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, in Elkhart Superior Court 2, with Judge Stephen Bowers, special judge, presiding. Peter Todd from the Elkhart County Public Defender’s office has been appointed …read more.

ELKHART COUNTY —Kevin Bronson, who was sentenced Sept. 29 to Elkhart County Community Corrections for seven years on a charge of corrupt business influence, has allegedly violated the conditions of the ECCC and is now being held in the Elkhart County Corrections Facility on no bond. An initial hearing will be held at 1 p.m. …read more.

WARSAW — A notice of appeal has been filed with Kosciusko Circuit Court by counsel for Mark H. Soto. The notice was filed Friday, Oct. 13. Details of the appeal have not yet been filed with the Indiana Court of Appeals. The appeal is expected to focus on the defense’s motion to correct errors, which …read more.

ELKHART COUNTY  — Kevin Bronson, Warsaw, was given a seven-year suspended sentence on Sept. 29, for corrupt business influence following a plea agreement. This suspended sentence is to be served with the Elkhart County Community Corrections. Special Judge Stephen Bowers noted, at sentencing, Bronson had been accepted by ECCC and ordered he be placed in …read more.

[weaver_youtube XtBuCzLJV7E rel=0]   ELKHART — Kevin Bronson, Warsaw, the last to be sentenced in the trio indicted by a Kosciusko County Grand Jury in February, 2016, feels he has a foot on his neck. Bronson was sentenced Friday afternoon in the courtroom of Special Judge Stephen Bowers, Elkhart Superior Court 2. Bowers accepted the …read more.

[weaver_youtube JXthJFQjPWY rel=0]   WARSAW — Dr. Mark H. Soto, 63, Warsaw, was looking at 10 years at the Indiana Department of Corrections when sentenced today, Thursday, Sept. 28. But in the end, he will serve three years on home detention and three years of probation after Special Judge Stephen Bowers ordered sentences on two …read more.

WARSAW — Closing arguments in the Dr. Mark Soto trial were presented this afternoon, Tuesday, Aug. 8, in three parts — two by the prosecution and one by the defense. The jury was excused to begin deliberation at 2:35 p.m. Matthew Sarber, special deputy prosecuting attorney, presented how the defendant benefited from acquiring and maintaining …read more.

WARSAW — The defense has rested and the state has rested after calling two rebuttal witnesses. Closing arguments and final instructions to the jurors will be presented at 1 p.m. following the lunch break, in the trial of Dr. Mark Soto in Kosciusko Circuit Court. The morning testimony was the cross examination by the prosecution …read more.

WARSAW — The prosecution rested its case late Monday afternoon with the defense calling its first witness, Dr. Mark Soto, to finish out the day’s testimony. Soto will continue on the stand Tuesday morning being questioned by the state. Soto testified how he met Bronson, how he began working with him on a regular basis …read more.

WARSAW — Testimony Monday morning, Aug. 7, in Mark Soto’s trial focused on the defense cross examining state witness Kevin Bronson. His testimony continued to paint a different story than testimony earlier in the trial from Nate McLaurin and David Baker. Scott Lennox, defense counsel, began his cross examination with potential existing court cases in …read more.

WARSAW — Jurors and spectators spent close to 4 1/2 hours Friday afternoon listening to approximately 20 recorded phone conversations between Kevin Bronson and Mark Soto, in the third day of testimony in Soto’s trial. The defense will begin its cross examination of Bronson on Monday, Aug. 7. Just prior to the playing of the …read more.

WARSAW — A motion by the state to close a portion of the testimony of a witness — later identified as Kevin Bronson — was denied by Special Judge Stephen Bowers this morning before the trial of Mark Soto began for the third day. The majority of the morning was hearing testimony from Bronson. The …read more.

WARSAW — Brief testimony was heard from Rebecca Soto and Bryan Hickerson Thursday afternoon in the Dr. Mark Soto trial before Special Judge Stephen Bowers recessed the trial until 8:30 a.m. Friday. Rebecca Soto was called to the witness stand by Special Prosecutor Tami Napier to verify the writing of a will by Kevin Bronson. …read more.

WARSAW — The defense questioning of Warsaw Police Lt. Paul Heaton and testimonies from James Nathan McLaurin, Jacqueline Peters and Christian McCray ended Wednesday’s hearing in the trial against Dr. Mark Soto. The trial is being held in Kosciusko Circuit Court with Special Judge Stephen Bowers presiding. Scott Lennox, defense counsel, focused his questions on …read more.

WARSAW — The start of the evidentiary portion of Dr. Mark Soto’s jury trial this morning was delayed after one of the jurors informed the court she was familiar with two of the witnesses expected to be called. The prosecution and defense, along with the judge were given time to question the juror further before …read more.

WARSAW — The 12-member jury, with two alternates, were seated in the Dr. Mark Soto trial this afternoon, following the lunch break. Opening statements from the prosecution and defense were the final actions of the day, with court recessing at 4:10 p.m. The court will reconvene at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, with the prosecution …read more.

ELKHART — A plea agreement entered by Kevin Bronson was conditionally accepted by Special Judge Stephen R. Bowers, Elkhart Superior Court 2, Friday, July 14. Bronson was indicted by a Kosciusko County Grand Jury on three counts of corrupt business influence and seven counts of intimidation. Bronson pleaded guilty to one count of corrupt business …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 final status conference and a plea bargain deadline along with new trial dates have been set in the case against Kevin Bronson and Mark Soto. A telephonic status conference was held today Friday, March 10, in the Elkhart Superior 1 courtroom.

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

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Contemplating five witnesses may invoke the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the prosecution in the C. Aaron Rovenstine case has been granted use of immunity for these witnesses.

ELKHART — A plea agreement could be reached in the case against Kevin Bronson. The final date to enter a plea agreement and the date of the trial has been reset by the court.

ELKHART — Special Judge Evan Roberts, Elkhart Superior Court 1, has reset the jury trial for Mark Soto to April 11-13 and continuing April 18-21 in Kosciusko Circuit Court. The judge will not “entertain any additional continuance motions” in the case.

WARSAW — Arguments why the December trial of Mark Soto should be moved until after that of C. Aaron Rovenstine were heard Friday afternoon, Nov. 4, in Kosciusko Circuit Court. Special Judge Evan Roberts, Elkhart Superior Court 1, heard the arguments from defense and granted the motion.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Motions to continue a jury trial, vacate a hearing and allow a defendant to be absent from a status conference have been filed by counsel for Mark H. Soto and Kevin Bronson, both indicted on numerous charges by a grand jury last year. Special Judge Evan S. Roberts, Elkhart Superior Court 1, …read more.

ELKHART — Can an impartial jury in Kosciusko Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine’s home county be found? Elkhart Superior Court Judge Evan S. Roberts, special judge assigned in the criminal case against Rovenstine, has a solution to find out now instead of opening day of the trial. A test jury selection will take place in Kosciusko County …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.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Elkhart Superior 1 Judge Evan S. Roberts, special judge in the court proceedings of C. Aaron Rovenstine, Mark H. Soto and Kevin Bronson, has set a status conference for all three defendants in the courtroom of Elkhart Superior Court 1, 315 S. Second St., Elkhart. The judge declined to approve the proposed …read more.

WARSAW — Documents were filed with the Kosciusko County Courts by Indiana State Police on March 2 which detail the purpose of the search warrant, through an affidavit. Submitted by Aaron J. Rypma, Indiana State Police, it notes the affidavit submitted was in support of an order for tablets, laptop computers and cell phones issued …read more.

WARSAW — Mike Miner, former deputy prosecutor who retired last year, and a former county prosecutor, has filed his appearance for and on behalf of C. Aaron Rovenstine. Miner filed his appearance Friday, March 4. Miner will join James H. Voyles and Jennifer M. Lukemeyer with Voyles Zahn Paul Hogan and Meriman, Indianapolis, in defending …read more.

Kevin Bronson WARSAW — Shaking his head no, presenting a look of disbelief and at one point mouthing the word “what?” Kevin Lee Bronson, 56, 1901 Sand Dollar Drive, Warsaw, listened carefully this morning, March 8, in Kosciusko Circuit Court, during his initial hearing on 10 grand jury indictments. The indictments were read by special …read more.

WARSAW — Indiana State Police Detectives served a search warrant yesterday, March 2, on Kosciusko County Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine in their continuing investigation into allegations dealing with a grand jury indictment. The indictment, opened Monday morning, resulted in initial charges of three counts of bribery, one count of intimidation, one count of assisting a criminal …read more.

WARSAW — Keven L. Bronson, who has been in prison since his Jan. 1, 2015, arrest on the charges which prompted a special prosecutor calling a grand jury, has a criminal history with cocaine. His current charges, in which he is expected to be sentenced on at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, are: dealing in …read more.

Cassius Aaron Rovenstine WARSAW — The statement, “these are mere accusations and all individuals are innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt,” was stressed several times by Marshall County Prosecutor E. Nelson Chipman Jr., special prosecutor, during his press conference yesterday. The press conference officially announced the grand jury indictment charges against Kosciusko County …read more.

C. Aaron Rovenstine WARSAW — Kosciusko County Sheriff C. Aaron Rovenstine, 57, 7885 W. 100N, Warsaw, is among the three individuals who have been indicted by a Kosciusko County Grand Jury. Rovenstine has turned himself in this morning, Feb. 29. A warrant was issued today for Rovenstine’s arrest on three counts of bribery, level 5 …read more.

WARSAW — Marshall County Prosecutor, Nelson Chipman, recently confirmed that Fabian Rubio of Bremen was transferred from Marshall County to Koscuisko County, but that it was a routine transfer. The transfer was in exchange for Kevin Bronson, who had been booked in Kosciusko County on cocaine charges but was moved to Marshall County. This was a …read more.