Two former Starke County Sheriff’s Department detectives recently indicted by a Grand Jury on several charges pleaded not guilty to all indictments in a hearing in Starke Circuit Court Tuesday afternoon.
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Justin Lee Miller, 37, was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court Tuesday morning. He previously pleaded guilty to a charge of murder in the death of 11-month-old Mercedes Lain August 14, 2021.
Continue readingThe man who pleaded guilty to murder in the death of 11-month-old Mercedes Lain will be sentenced in Starke Circuit Court Tuesday morning.
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A man accused of murder in the death of 11-month-old Mercedes Lain appeared in Starke Circuit Court Monday afternoon for a plea hearing.
Continue readingJustin Miller will be in Starke Circuit Court Monday, December 20 at 1 p.m. CT for a plea hearing as a plea agreement has been filed in his case. Miller is accused of murder in the death of 11-month-old Mercedes Lain in August.
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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.
Continue readingA suspect in the death of 10-and-a-half-month-old Mercedes Lain has now been charged with murder.
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A man accused of rape in an incident at a Culver residence on July 3, 2017 was sentenced in Starke Circuit Court Wednesday morning.
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A Plymouth man accused of rape, sexual misconduct with a minor, and child exploitation appeared in Starke Circuit Court Friday.
Court documents say that Thomas D. Holloway, who was 18 at the time, apparently took a group of juveniles to a residence in Starke County near Culver, on or around July 3, 2017.
There, he allegedly had sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old while she was “unaware that the sexual intercourse was occurring”, according to criminal information provided by Starke County Circuit Court. The minor was reportedly intoxicated at the time. Holloway is also accused of taking a picture and videos of the victim during the alleged incident. Continue reading
A Culver woman was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty in a plea agreement with the state to a charge of possession of methamphetamine as a Class D felony that was reduced to a Class A misdemeanor.
Erin Schoberg was sentenced to 12 months in the Starke County Jail. All of the sentence was suspended to be served on probation. Schoberg told Judge Kim Hall that she was in possession of a half of a pill that was in her purse.
Schoberg will need to attend a substance abuse program recommended by the probation department.
