Clarence Shearer Sentenced to 26 Years for LifePlex Carjacking

A man found guilty of a Plymouth carjacking has been sentenced to 26 years in the Indiana Department of Correction, but he still faces charges related to the subsequent police chase, wreck of a police car, and death of a police K-9. The Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office says Clarence Shearer, 33, was sentenced last week in Marshall Superior Court 1, after a jury last month found him guilty of armed robbery and theft.

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Plymouth Mom Sentenced to 30 Years after Infant Dies from Meth-Tainted Breast Milk

A Plymouth mom who admitted to using meth before breastfeeding her two-month-old baby, resulting in the child’s death, has been sentenced to 30 years. On December 19, Ashlee Rans, 36, called 911 saying that she fell asleep and rolled over the infant, who was now cold and not breathing, according to the Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office. But an autopsy determined the cause of death to be acute methamphetamine intoxication.

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Transportation Update Given to Plymouth School Board

Taking more than 1,200 students to class every day is no small task, and the Plymouth Community School Corporation’s transportation office is doing it while navigating a nationwide bus driver shortage, new state laws, and inattentive motorists. Transportation Director Brandon Berger shared how his office is dealing with these challenges during Tuesday’s school board meeting.

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Elkhart Man Charged with Rape, Robbery, Following Alleged Attack at Rural Bremen Home

An Elkhart man faces multiple charges, after police say he tricked a Marshall County woman into letting him into her home, robbed her, and raped her in front of her two-year-old child. The incident allegedly happened the morning of August 28 at a home on Tyler Road near Bremen, according to a probable cause affidavit shared by the Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office.

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