The state began its burden of proving Wesley L. Melton, Jr., guilty by calling the first witnesses Tuesday afternoon, June 9, in Kosciusko Superior Court 1. Chesnessa Smith, mother to the victim, Victoria Cole, the girlfriend of the victim’s father, and Albert Smith, father, took the stand before the proceedings recessed for the day. Their relationship …read more.

A 33-year-old Warsaw man arrested in April by Warsaw Police was sentenced to 6 years in prison for admittedly molesting a victim less than 14 years old. Shannon Lee Webb will likely spend less than 2 years behind bars. Webb was initially arrested on two Class A felony charges of child molesting after an investigation …read more.

A Milford man arrested in October for felony child molesting was in court this morning to accept a plea deal. Kent Adam Flannery, 31, was charged for molesting a family member on Oct. 18, 2012. Child Protective Services brought the information to the police and indicated the incidents had possibly been occurring since 2008. Police …read more.

The second person in a disturbing sex crime was sentenced this morning in Kosciusko County Superior Court I. Andrew Baldridge, 45, of Ross Avenue, Warsaw, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for his role in forcing sex on his own nephew. Warsaw Police arrested Baldridge and his wife, Autum Baldridge, 30, in December …read more.

A Warsaw woman was sentenced to the Indiana Department of Corrections today when Kosciusko County Superior Court I Judge Duane Huffer revoked her probation. Amber Wirsing, 19, was first arrested in December 2010 in connection with strong-armed robberies of people in their homes. Wirsing and Tracey D. Russell, 21, of Florida, are accused of kicking …read more.

On April 26, 2011, Michael Casey Bryant, then 30, turned himself in to Kosciusko County Sheriff’s deputies after a warrant was issued for his arrest stemming from an April 23, 2011, stabbing. Today, Bryant, now 32, appeared in Kosciusko County Superior Court I for a pre-trial conference where a two-day jury trial was set for …read more.