Ex-Subway pitchman Fogle asks appeals court to cut sentence
CHICAGO (AP) – An attorney for former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle says his client’s more than 15-year prison sentence isn’t justified, arguing that the sentencing...
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Plea deal for man accused of battery with a deadly weapon
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): A man accused of battery with a deadly weapon has pleaded guilty in Allen Superior Court. Christopher J. Diring, 34, of...
Anderson man shot by police gets 50 years for shooting 2
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP): A central Indiana man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for shooting two people before being shot by police. Madison...
Fort Wayne man gets 15 years for sexual misconduct with minor
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): A Fort Wayne man will spend the next 15 years in prison for trying to have sex with a teenager. On...
Hanna Street stabbing leads to 23-year prison sentence for Angola man
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): An Angola man was sentenced to 23 years in prison after admitting he stabbed another man to death in August 2015,...
Settlement for prisoners with mental illnesses seen as victory
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WOWO): Except in a few exceptional circumstances, people with mental illnesses in Indiana prisons will no longer be placed in solitary confinement. The...
Gary man in prison for 24 years freed after successful appeal
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP): A 47-year-old Gary man has been released after spending 24 years in prison for robbery and murder convictions that were overturned...
Solitary confinement at Indiana jails could be banned for some inmates
INDIANAPOLIS (AP): A proposed settlement of a long-running lawsuit would bar Indiana’s prisons from holding inmates with serious mental illnesses in solitary confinement and improve...
Indiana woman gets 50 years for killing her mother
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP): A 19-year-old northwest Indiana woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing her mother. Alyssa Barrett pleaded guilty...