A Lake County jury has found Dennis Jelks, 60, guilty of murdering his domestic partner, the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday. Court evidence showed Jelks engaged in repeated acts of domestic battery that escalated with a deadly weapon, ultimately causing serious injury and death. The jury returned a guilty verdict for murder with a … Read more
A federal jury has convicted 45-year-old Kyle Lee Dean of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury for a violent knife attack on the L’Anse Reservation earlier this year, authorities announced. The attack occurred on January 20, 2024, when Dean went to a residence within the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community … Read more
MARSHALL COUNTY, Ind. — The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department reports a multi-vehicle crash on US 31 at mile-marker 230 Wednesday morning involving an oversize trailer. A 26-year-old Rochester man driving a Chevy Impala was traveling south when traffic slowed due to a vehicle being recovered by a wrecker. The Impala rear-ended a 2013 GMC pickup … Read more
Mishawaka Police responded Thursday afternoon to a reported stabbing at an apartment in Hickory Village, shortly after 4 p.m. Officers found a man with a minor stab wound to the upper left arm. According to the victim, his girlfriend stabbed him with an unknown object during an argument before fleeing the scene. Police are continuing … Read more
A Portage woman, Angelia Nicole Cross (48), has been sentenced to 20 years in the Indiana Department of Correction after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit murder in connection with the April 30, 2024, killing of Kylin Stovall-Bursey in Gary, according to Lake Superior Court records. Cross appeared in Lake Superior Court, Criminal Division 4, … Read more
An Indiana man died Monday afternoon after falling through the ice on a private pond while trying to save his dog. Indiana Conservation Officers said emergency crews responded to the area near the 70000 block of County Road 29 in Syracuse around 4 p.m. Investigators determined that 69-year-old Phillip Hoover had walked onto the frozen … Read more
The Indiana State Police say they are investigating a crash between an Amish buggy and a motor vehicle that happened around 3 p.m. Wednesday on US 20 near C.R. 1000 West. Police say their preliminary investigation showed the horse-drawn buggy, carrying 75-year-old Marvin and 74-year-old Ruby Shrock of Shipshewana, was traveling east along the shoulder … Read more
Court documents from Marshall County show that 46-year-old Damon Daniels faces multiple charges for graffiti on a Plymouth church, a residence, an attorney’s office, a truck, and damage to parked cars. Authorities charged Daniels with three counts of Criminal Mischief involving damage between $750 and $50,000 — all misdemeanors — and one count of Institutional … Read more
The Massachusetts jury hearing the case against Brian Walshe viewed a series of photos Wednesday showing items covered in what appeared to be blood, as prosecutors continued building their argument that he murdered his wife around New Year’s 2023. The evidence presentation marked the third day of witness testimony in Walshe’s murder trial. Prosecutors also … Read more
A 29-year-old Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 35 years in the Indiana Department of Correction after pleading guilty in the 2023 shooting death of Jalen Hurd, according to Lake County court records. Keeon Jamarr Lee, whom investigators identified using surveillance video, vehicle records, cell-phone data, and evidence recovered from a Buick Lacrosse registered to … Read more