A Warsaw man will serve three years in prison after a fatal shooting in October 2019.

WARSAW — A Winona Lake man was sentenced to five years in prison, though he will likely serve only a fraction of that time behind bars.  Daniel Hugo Duenas, 21, 2326 E. Pierceton Road, was sentenced in Kosciusko Circuit Court Thursday, Feb. 13, almost three years after striking a man with a vehicle following a …read more.

WARSAW — A Winona Lake man will be sentenced at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, after running over a man with a vehicle after a drug deal soured. Daniel Hugo Duenas, 21, 2326 E. Pierceton Road, Winona Lake, is charged with aggravated battery, a level 3 felony; and reckless homicide, a level 5 felony. Duenas …read more.

ROCHESTER — Alyssa Shepherd, the 25-year-old Rochester motorist who struck four children, killing three of them at a bus stop on SR 25 last year, will serve up to four years in prison. Shepherd’s sentence was delivered Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 18, after the court heard a series of victim statements and a short address from …read more.

WELLS COUNTY, ILL. — Francisco Espinal-Quiroz, 53, 7771 N. 500W, Leesburg, has pleaded guilty to six counts of reckless homicide, class 2 felonies and to false recording of commercial driver record, a class 4 felony, in relation to a 2014 crash in Will County, Ill. All other counts have been dismissed. He was originally charged with 15 counts of reckless homicide and two counts of false recording of a commercial driver record.

WABASH — Carl William Burt, Warsaw, is still awaiting a trial in Wabash County on charges of reckless homicide, a class C felony; operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a class A misdemeanor; and operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death, a class B felony. The two-day jury trial is currently set to begin at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Carl William Burt WABASH — Just under a month before his two-day jury trial was set, Carl William Burt’s trial was continued and reset to start at 9 a.m. Aug. 2-3 in Wabash County Circuit Court. Burt’s attorney, Alan Zimmerman filed a motion to continue the trial on March 14. The trial was originally set …read more.

WARSAW — A Syracuse woman was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 29, in the Kosciusko County Circuit Court for the reckless homicide of her 12-year-old son. The sentencing occurred over a year after Skyler Spore, 12, 202 W. Washington St., Syracuse, was found deceased in his home as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning from generators running …read more.

WABASH — He failed to appear at his first initial hearing on Dec. 7, but seven days later, Carl W. Burt, 63, 7194 W. Crystal Lake Road, Warsaw, was in court with counsel for his initial hearing. That hearing was held on Dec. 14 and the court set trial dates of April 12-13, beginning at …read more.

Kosciusko The following people were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail: Dec. 4 Nicole Jean Belcher, 28, 2646 Alpine Fir Lane, Elkhart, arrested for failure to appear. Bond: $450 cash. Aaron Thomas Richard, 29, 615 Oldfather St., Warsaw,arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and OWI with a BAC of .08-.15. Bond: $700 cash. Amy …read more.

  “This is a day I have not been looking for,” stated Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Michael Reed this morning when he handed down the sentence to Candy S. Chamness and Derrick W. Spore, both of Syracuse, on a charge of reckless homicide, a class C felony. “This was a tragic set of circumstances. I …read more.

Darrick W. Spore With responses barely audible, Darrick W. Spore, 34, North Long Drive, Syracuse, changed his plea in the June 2014 death of his son Skyler, 12. Charged with neglect of a dependent, a class A felony and reckless homicide, a class C felony, Spore plead guilty to reckless homicide. Skyler Spore was tragically …read more.

Prepared to be sentenced on a charge of reckless homicide, Candy S. Chamness, 34, North Long Drive, Syracuse, instead will have to wait to find out her fate. Chamness appeared in Kosciusko Circuit Court Monday morning for a scheduled plea hearing and sentencing. Instead, Judge Michael Reed took the plea under advisement. The sentencing date …read more.

Darrick W. Spore, North Long Drive, Syracuse, has not entered a plea agreement as other area news agencies are reporting this morning. Spore faces charges of neglect of a dependent resulting in death, a class A felony and reckless homicide, a class C felony, in the June 28 death of his 12-year-old son Skyler Spore. …read more.

Dana Shell A babysitter who acknowledged her role in a toddler’s death has accepted a plea that could send her to prison for less than 8 years. Dana Shell, 44, of Warsaw, was initially charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death, a class A felony; and reckless homicide, a class C felony. She …read more.