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ALBION — A Noble County judge Tuesday gave the Noble County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office additional time to file charges involving a LaOtto man who led police on a high-speed chase that ended in a shootout with officers in Kendallville early Thursday morning. A closed hearing was held Tuesday afternoon in Noble Superior Court I regarding Justin R. Weikel, 40. At the conclusion of that hearing, Judge Robert Kirsch gave Prosecutor Jim Mowery until 10 a.m. Friday to file formal charges relating to Thursday’s incident. An initial hearing in the case could come as early as Friday a...

ALBION — An area pair were booked into the Noble County Jail Friday night following a high-speed chase in rural Noble County. Zachary A. Centers, 30, of the 5000 block of South High Point Drive, Albion, was arrested at 10:36 p.m. Friday by Wolcottville police on charges of possession of methamphetamine, a Level 3 felony; resisting law enforcement with a vehicle, a Level 6 felony; resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor; driving while suspended with a prior conviction for that offense, a Class A misdemeanor; and reckless driving, a Class C misdemeanor. Centers was also held on a ...

ALBION — According to court documents, authorities believe the man arrested following last week’s motorcycle-pickup crash may have been trying to reclaim a motorcycle he thought the victim had allegedly stolen from a mutual friend. Kriss E. Bauman II, 34, of the 5300 North block of C.R. 400E, Kendallville, was officially charged Tuesday with aggravated battery, a Level 3 felony, in Noble Circuit Court. A Level 3 Felony carries a sentencing range of 3-16 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. Citing a “high risk” initial assessment, Noble Circuit Court Judge Michael K...

Reply 11 New Brunswick city residents have also been charged with paying cash to have their water and sewer bills reduced. (Shutterstock) NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A former meter reader for the New Brunswick Water Department was sentenced Thursday, Jan. 21 to five years in state prison for participating in a scheme with two other former water department employees to reduce the water and sewer bills of numerous customers in return for bribes, said New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal. Guillermo Quinones, 51, of Somerset, was sentenced to five years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Rob...

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