WARSAW — A Leesburg woman who recently finished a jail-based addiction treatment program received the help too late to avoid a prison sentence, according to Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Michael Reed. Kacynda Ione Northrup, 30, 4839 North CR 700E, Leesburg, pleaded guilty in January to violating probation in two separate cases and to dealing heroin, …read more.

WARSAW — A Warsaw man was sentenced to seven years in jail with two of those years suspended as a result of an incident where a couple he’d known for two decades reported coming home and catching him in the act of burglarizing their home. Michael Lee Eppenbaugh, 36, 5049 Reo Ave., South Bend, was …read more.

WARSAW — A Warsaw man was sentenced to one year in Kosciusko County Jail for breaking down a door and entering a residence without permission, but may be able to serve that time in the county’s Community Corrections Program. Kameron J. Banks, 19, 735 W. Center St., Warsaw, was charged with residential entry, a level …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Kosciusko County Circuit Court Judge Michael Reed and Kosciusko County Prosecutor Dan Hampton traveled to Indianapolis to speak before the Senate Committee on Judiciary regarding Senate Bill 126 – allowing a fourth Superior Court Judge for the county. The bill, introduced by Sen. Randy Head and first read on Jan. 3, was passed …read more.

Laci Rae Harper The woman accused of starving two German Shepherd puppies last fall was provided a plea bargain by Kosciusko County Prosecutor Dan Hampton that would leave her with a felony record. Laci Harper, 27, of Burket, who also goes by the name Laci Bailey, was initially charged with two Class A misdemeanor charges …read more.

A Tuesday ruling by the Indiana Court of Appeals to overturn his murder conviction could be considered an early Christmas gift for Paul H. Gingerich, now 14, who has not been home since he took part in the April 20, 2010, murder of a Cromwell man. The question now is will he receive another gift and be home …read more.

A plea hearing set for Garrett Joe Swanson, 29, of Warsaw, was scheduled for Kosciusko Superior Court I this morning but, once again, the hearing was postponed. Swanson is charged with three criminal charges of forgery, three criminal charges of theft, and a criminal charge of battery. His hearing this morning was supposed to be …read more.

A Pennsylvania correctional officer has been charged in Kosciusko County for stalking and violating an order of protection against his soon to be ex-wife. John Lloyd Dildine, 35, of Millville, Pa., turned himself in to local authorities Wednesday on the charges. Dildine had previously been arrested in Pennsylvania for harassment against the woman. Kosciusko County …read more.

Kosciusko County Prosecutor Dan Hampton is in the process of bringing an accelerant dog back to Kosciusko County. Former Warsaw Fire Department Fire Marshal Michael Wilson had the first and so far the only ATF trained and certified accelerant dog when he was with WFD. Bailey, a black Labrador, worked with WIlson from 2003 until …read more.