Six defendants were sentenced in Marshall County Superior Court No. 1 on Thursday, Dec. 13 where Judge Robert O. Bowen accepted plea agreements reached between the offenders and the State of Indiana.
Argos Man Pleads Guilty to Three Felony Charges in Marshall County Superior Court 1, Sentenced to 9 years in Jail
An Argos man pled guilty to three felony charges and was sentenced to a total of 9 years in jail in Marshall County Superior Court 1 on Wednesday.
Judge Robert O. Bowen presided over the case and 54-year-old Vincent Carnegie was represented by his attorney Tom Black while Marshall County Prosecutor Nelson Chipman and Chief Deputy Prosecutor Tami Napier represented the State of Indiana.
According to Napier, Carnegie’s case first came to light in May of 2017 after he reportedly broke into and entered his former girlfriend’s home in the 11,000 block of Michigan Road in Plymouth and forcibly drove her to Argos. Continue reading
Rochester Woman Sentenced on Possession of Methamphetamine Charge
On Wednesday, January 17th 44-year-old Geraldine Whitfield, of Rochester, appeared in Marshall Superior Court No. 1 where she was sentenced by agreement to 9 years imprisonment for Possession of Methamphetamine as a Level 3 Felony.
According to information released by the Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office, 7 of those years call for incarceration at the Indiana Department of Corrections followed by 2 years of reporting probation. Continue reading
Attorney Representing Co-Defendant in Costello Murder Case Files Plea Agreement with Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office
A plea agreement has been executed between the Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office and Attorney June Bules who is representing Maeson Coffin, the co-defendant in the Richard “Paul” Costello murder case. Coffin will submit an official guilty plea to the charges of burglary, theft and auto theft in January, with the charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder dismissed.
In a statement released to the media, Marshall County Prosecuting Attorney Nelson Chipman explained that filing a plea agreement is different than submitting a plea. He said typically, the terms of plea agreements are not made public until presented in open court at the time the defendant pleads guilty.
However, due to the “understandable intense public interest in this horrific crime,” Chipman chose to make an exception to the rule of non-disclosure of the terms after thoroughly consulting with the victim’s family about major case developments. Continue reading
Goshen Woman Sentenced for Role in Fatal Crash
A 28-year-old Goshen woman who admitted leaving the scene of a May traffic accident that claimed two lives was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison by a Marshall County judge. Continue reading
Noncustodial Parent Extradited for Alleged Failure to Pay Child Support
A former Marshall County resident who had moved to Arizona will likely be making his home in the Marshall County Jail for the foreseeable future following his recent extradition. Continue reading
Maximum Sentence Handed Down for Toddler’s 2015 Murder
The Marshall County man who admitted to beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death with a hairbrush last September because she wet the bed received a maximum sentence for murder this morning in Marshall Superior Court. Judge Robert O. Bowen told Shane Weedling the only factor in his favor was his guilty plea in connection with Serenity Wilson’s murder last year in a Plymouth motel room. Continue reading
Drug Dealer Sentenced in Marshall Superior Court
A Marshall, Mich. man who admitted selling drugs to a member of the Marshall County Undercover Narcotics Investigation Team is headed to prison. Continue reading
