Former prison guard pleads guilty to sex with inmate
A former corrections officer at the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis has pleaded guilty to having sex with an inmate.
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Man charged in deadly house explosion reaches plea deal
A man charged with murder for his role in a deadly Indianapolis house explosion has reached a plea deal weeks before his scheduled trial.
Judges divided over sentence review under Appellate Rule 7(B)
The majority on a panel of the Indiana Court of Appeals declared Tuesday that Indiana Appellate Rule 7(B) requires only that the court “consider” the nature of the offense and the offender’s character, not that the defendant necessarily prove both of those prongs. This led to a separate opinion calling the decision “significant.”
Statute, plea agreement do not preclude converting felony to misdemeanor
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s decision to reduce a man’s Class D felony conviction following a guilty plea to theft in 2000 to a Class A misdemeanor 15 years later.
Ex-Ovation CFO gets suspended sentence in $600,000 embezzlement scheme
The former chief financial officer of Ovation Audio-Video Solution LLC received a three-year suspended sentence Monday after pleading guilty to securities fraud in connection with a scheme that allowed him to embezzle more than $600,000 from the company.
Recommendation of plea document passes ‘duck test’
Citing the “duck test” credited to Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley, the Indiana Court of Appeals held that a “recommendation of plea” document was a plea agreement the trial judge was free to accept or reject.
Anderson man pleads guilty in clerk’s office bomb threat
A 34-year-old Anderson man has pleaded guilty to charges that he phoned in a bomb threat to the Madison County Clerk's office last month.
Molest conviction affirmed; habitual offender waiver remanded
The Indiana Court of Appeals found a counsel’s mistake did not constitute judicial admission in a man’s trial when he was found guilty of molesting his stepdaughter. But the appeals court remanded his guilty plea for being a habitual offender, finding he did not waive his right to trial on the issue at court, his attorney did.
Former Indianapolis coach pleads guilty to enticement
A former Indianapolis high school boys' basketball coach has pleaded guilty to trying to entice a 15-year-old student to have sex with him.
Anderson man shot by police gets 50 years for shooting 2
A central Indiana man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for shooting two people before being shot by police.
Former Indianapolis coach to plead guilty to enticement
Court documents say a former Indianapolis high school boys' basketball coach has agreed to plead guilty to trying to entice a 15-year-old student to have sex with him.
Man pleads guilty in drunken driving death of Muncie teen
A central Indiana man has pleaded guilty in a fatal drunk driving case in which he killed a Muncie teenager when he slammed into his motor scooter last summer.
Developer Alig avoids prison time with plea deal
A prominent Indianapolis developer who pleaded guilty to one count of theft and one count of securities fraud received a four-year suspended sentence Monday morning and was ordered to repay victims $321,000.
Overloaded van driver gets 2 years for crash that killed 2
The driver of an overloaded van that overturned on a southwestern Indiana highway, killing two women, may serve as little as two years in prison after pleading guilty to 10 charges.
Judge accepts 3rd plea deal in Granger party overdose case
A South Bend judge has accepted a third plea agreement for a teenager accused of bringing drugs to a party that two brothers attended before dying of overdoses.
Mother of severely malnourished twins reaches plea deal
An Anderson woman who allowed her 2-year-old twins to become so malnourished they couldn't walk, crawl or talk has agreed to plead guilty to child neglect charges.
Man can’t appeal piracy conviction
A man who pleaded guilty to piracy for his role in boarding a ship off the coast of Somalia in 2009 was denied a writ of habeas corpus because he waived that right when he pleaded to his crime.
7th Circuit dismisses appeal due to waiver
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a man’s appeal of his 21-month sentence and three years of supervised release because he waived his right to appeal in district court. Circuit Judge David Hamilton said the court didn’t see any reason to overlook the waiver.
Judge cuts sentence of 4th member of Elkhart 4 to 10 years
A judge has reduced to 10 years the sentence of a northern Indiana man convicted of felony murder in a home break-in after the Indiana Supreme Court threw out the murder convictions of three co-defendants.
7th Circuit: Plea agreement forecloses sentence appeal
A man who pleaded guilty in federal court to drug charges is unable to challenge his sentence on appeal based on this plea agreement, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.