Douglas Walker

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Douglas Walker

MUNCIE, IN  — A Dunkirk man convicted of sexually abusing a child at a Delaware County nursing home has been sentenced to four years on electronic home detention. Christopher John Carter, 35, had pleaded guilty to child molesting, a Level 4 felony carrying up to 12 years in prison. Christopher CarterDelaware Circuit Court 3 Judge Doug Mawhorr on May 5 accepted the terms of a plea bargain that called for Carter to spend four years on home detention before being placed on probation for four years.

1 week ago | thestarpress.com | Douglas Walker

MUNCIE, IN  — A Dunkirk man convicted of sexually abusing a child at a Delaware County nursing home has been sentenced to four years on electronic home detention. Christopher John Carter, 35, had pleaded guilty to child molesting, a Level 4 felony carrying up to 12 years in prison. Delaware Circuit Court 3 Judge Doug Mawhorr on May 5 accepted the terms of a plea bargain that called for Carter to spend four years on home detention before being placed on probation for four years.

1 week ago | thestarpress.com | Douglas Walker

MUNCIE, IN — Indiana State Police have released the names of two local men — one killed, the other critically injured — in an April 29 head-on crash. Investigators said Jordan Xavier Ivy, 22, Muncie, was driving a Cadillac XT5 southbound on Indiana 67, southwest of Muncie, when his vehicle crossed the center line and collided head-on with a northbound Dodge Ram pickup truck. After the collision, both vehicles caught on fire. Ivy was pronounced dead at the scene.

1 week ago | thestarpress.com | Douglas Walker

MUNCIE, IN — A teacher at Daleville Junior-Senior High School who was recently fired has now been arrested on child seduction charges. Brady James Smith, 27, of Anderson, was taken into custody by Daleville police on May 6. The three preliminary seduction counts against him are Level 6 felonies carrying maximum 30-month sentences. Smith was released from the Delaware County Jail after posting a $15,000 bond.

1 week ago | thestarpress.com | Douglas Walker

NEW CASTLE, Indiana — A New Castle man faces 42 felony charges over allegations he distributed child pornography online. Corey M. Bell, 36, was charged May 2 in Henry Circuit Court 1 with 34 counts of child exploitation, a Level 4 felony carrying up to 12 years in prison, and eight counts of possession of child pornography, a Level 5 felony with a maximum six-year sentence.