ALBION â The Albion man involved in a 20-minute physical altercation with police Tuesday evening posted bond and was released Friday morning.
Fidel A. Murillo, 25, of the 300 block of Riverview Drive, was arrested at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday by Noble County police.
On Wednesday, Noble County Prosecuting Attorney Jim Mowery filed formal charges on Murillo of three counts of battery to a public safety official resulting in bodily injury, a Level 5 felony; one count of battery to a public safety official, a Level 6 felony; and resisting law enforcement, a Level 6 felony.
A Level 5 felony carries a sentencing range of 1-6 years, with 3 years being the advisory sentence. A maximum fine of $10,000 is also possible with that level of offense.
ALBION — The kind of physical confrontation between police and an Albion man, which occurred Tuesday night in Ligonier may be becoming more common, police say, but the length of
ALBION — An Albion man has been charged with five felonies following a nearly 20-minute physical altercation with police Tuesday night at the CVS parking lot in Ligonier.
Maybe DeKalb County, too.
But Noble County officers are finding more and more methamphetamine in liquid form. And while officers arenât quite sure why the trend is happening, Noble County Prosecuting Attorney Jim Mowery knows what to do about it.
Heâs prosecuting it.
State law treats the weight of methamphetamine recovered by officials the same in either pure or adulterated form when it comes to levels of charging.
Anyone possessing more than 10 grams of methamphetamine and less than 28 grams is charged with a Level 4 felony.
That can be 11 grams of pure meth, according to state law. Or 6 grams of pure meth mixed with 5 grams of baking soda.
ALBION â Noble County Prosecuting Attorney Jim Mowery has announced that Jamie M. Groves will be the officeâs next chief deputy prosecutor starting March 1.
Groves will replace Adam Mildred, who has served as chief deputy since Mowery took over as prosecutor in 2019. Mildred recently resigned to return to the Allen County Prosecutorâs Office, which is where he was previously employed before joining Noble Countyâs staff.
Groves is a 1990 graduate of Indiana University and a 1997 graduate of Indiana Universityâs Mauer School of Law in Indianapolis.
Groves comes to Noble County from Allen County, where he presently serves a deputy prosecutor in charge of a major felony case load that includes robbery, burglary, attempted murder and most felony violent crimes. Prior to his time with Allen County, Groves served from 1997 to 2018 as a deputy and chief deputy prosecutor in Huntington County. He has also served in Porter County as probation officer and detention o