LAGRANGE â A LaGrange County man will be spending the next 20 years in an Indiana prison after he was sentenced Monday to a single charge of child molesting, a Level 1 felony.
Robert Hoff, 35, of 3900 block of North C.R. 200E, LaGrange, formerly of Wolcottville, was arrested last May along with his wife, Mandy Hoff, and charged with one count of child molesting and one count of incest. The pair was accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old child. Police said they believe Hoff had been molesting the child for at least four years.
Hoff was scheduled for a June trial when he agreed in March to a plea deal offered by the LaGrange County Prosecutorâs office. In that plea, Hoff agreed to plead guilty to a single charge of child molesting in return for the state dismissing the incest charge, a Level 4 felony.
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NEW CASTLE, Ind. Two New Castle residents face a combined 16 felony charges after members of the Henry County Area Drug Task Force seized an estimated $150,000 worth of drugs from their home.
Found Friday in the home of Justin Walker Griffin, 28, and Shianne B. Wilson, 27, in the 2900 block of South 14th Street, were 20 pounds of marijuana, a quarter-pound of both meth and ecstasy, a half-ounce of cocaine, an unspecified amount of LSD and a variety of prescription medications.
Also found in the home was $35,000 in cash, and photographs taken of the materials seized also included firearms.
Griffin and Wilson are each charged in Henry Circuit Court 1 with dealing in meth, dealing in cocaine, dealing in marijuana, three counts of dealing in a controlled substance and two counts of dealing in a narcotic drug.
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A Switzerland County couple are suing the Indiana Department of Child Services for “reckless, willful and malicious” violation of their rights that preceded the deaths of their six children following the agency’s intervention.
Paige Ridener, 25; James Ridener, 15; Jordan Ridener, 13; Joshua Ridener, 12; Emilee Ridener, 11; and Elizabeth Ridener, 10, were killed when their home in Vevay, Indiana, caught fire in March 2020. Vevay is located about two hours southeast of Indianapolis, along the Ohio River.