Miller Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Request for Special Prosecutor Denied

A suspect in the death of 10-and-a-half-month-old Mercedes Lain has pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder. Justin Lee Miller appeared for an initial hearing in Starke Circuit Court Friday morning. An initial plea of not guilty was already entered on his behalf in Marshall County, on a related charge of neglect of a dependent.

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Medaryville Man Receives 40-Year Sentence on Drug, Habitual Offender Sentencing Enhancement Charges

James Miller

A Medaryville man will spend the next 40 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections after receiving his sentence in Marshall County Superior Court 1 Wednesday, April 21.  James Miller, 55, was found guilty in a two-day trial in March on charges of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, and possession of methamphetamine.

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