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Niles murder suspect found incompetent to stand trial
NILES — A St. Louis, Missouri man accused in the 2023 murder of a Niles man has been found incompetent to stand trial. Jamie Phillip Perry, 29, was found to be incompetent to stand trial by Judge Smith last week in Berrien County Trial Court. The judge had ordered Perry’s forensic examination back in January […] The post Niles murder suspect found incompetent to stand trial appeared first on Leader Publications.
Video shows hundreds of shots fired in South Bend neighborhood, police ask for public help
SOUTH BEND — The South Bend Police Department released a video Monday afternoon from Sunday morning’s shooting on East Bissell Street and increased the victim count to four persons shot and wounded from three and the number of rounds fired from 100 to more than 200. In addition to 21 seconds of surveillance...
Edwardsburg man gets probation for meth possession
CASSOPOLIS — An Edwardsburg man was sentenced to probation Friday for meth possession in Cass County Circuit Court. Mitchell Dale Quesinberry, 33, of Metcalf Court in Edwardsburg, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine and was sentenced to two years probation, credit for eight days served and $2,828 in fines and costs. The incident occurred May […] The post Edwardsburg man gets probation for meth possession appeared first on Leader Publications.
Man surrenders after SWAT standoff at Elkhart home
ELKHART, Ind. (WNDU) - A man has surrendered after Elkhart County SWAT was called to a home on Elkhart’s east side. Police say they were called around 8 a.m. Sunday for a domestic disturbance in the 100 block of Witmer Avenue. Officers talked to a man at the home,...
Man sentenced after pleading guilty to fatal hit and run
MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- Official documents from the St. Joseph Superior Court state Robert Blankenship plead guilty to Leaving the Scene of an Accident Resulting in the Death of Another Person, regarding the February hit and run which killed 19-year-old Varinder Singh. Singh was riding his bike in the 1100 block...
Two-vehicle crash leaves one injured in DeKalb County
DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WFFT) — A two-vehicle Monday morning injured one man. Scott Nielsen, 75, of Elkhart was traveling west in the 4700 block of U.S. 6 in a 2024 International Box Truck. Douglas Wickerham, 59, of Edgerton, Ohio was driving a 2020 Ford Fusion when his vehicle crossed...
Man exonerated after nearly 13 years for murder accuses police, prosecutors of faking evidence
In the end, a federal judge said, the murder case that sent DeWayne Dunn to prison for more than a dozen years "was not a strong one." The only two eyewitnesses supported Dunn's claim that his next-door neighbor, Angel Torres, accidentally fell down a flight of stairs as the two men were fighting....
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