Three Marshall County Sheriff’s Department deputies along with Marshall County Sherriff, Tom Chamberlin, have been named as defendants in a federal lawsuit filed with the United States District Court, South Bend Division, by Gregory Shortt, Kimberly Shortt, and Constance Bradley. Deputies Jonathon Bryant, Joseph Giordano, and Jordan Rans are named individually for an incident...
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Marshall County Sheriff Tom Chamberlin sent 14 boys and girls this year from the surrounding area to Indiana Sheriff’s Association Leadership Camp.   Boys and girls who are currently in 7th or 8th grade that are interested in learning more about a possible career in law enforcement, had a meaningful experience and built relationships...
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01/14/14  On Friday, January 10th at approximately 11:00 A.M. Marshall County Sheriff’s Police Officer Les McFarland responded to State Road 10, west of State Road 17 near Culver for a two vehicle accident. Arriving on the scene, Ryan N. Misch told Officer McFarland he was working for NIPSCO taking meter readings from houses in...
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  12/27/13 The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department has investigated thirteen burglary and theft cases in the Lake of the Woods area from January first of this year to December 26th.  Three of these cases have been burglaries with one of them being solved and the other two are still open investigations.  One case is...
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  11/20/13 The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department will be purchasing three new vehicles with funds in next year’s budget. Monday morning Captain Dan Butt with the county police agency appeared before the county commissioners and presented a quote for three all-wheel drive Ford Utility Interceptors.  Oliver Ford in Plymouth mirrored the state bid of...
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  08/01/13  On Wednesday, July 17th at approximately 8:23 PM Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Bryant conducted a traffic stop in the parking lot of Game Stop.  The driver of the Oldsmobile, 18 year old Zachery Marek of Walkerton was found to be in possession of marijuana and operating a vehicle while under the...
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    07/16/13 On Friday, July 12th at approximately 6:20 p.m. Marshall County police units were advised of a hit and run accident that had occurred on US 30 near Oak Drive.  The suspect vehicle had continued east on US 30 and Officer Jordan Rans was able to locate the vehicle and made a...
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    06/13/13  On Tuesday, June 11th at approximately 6:40 P.M. Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Hollopeter responded to a one vehicle accident at the intersection of Plymouth-Goshen Trail and 3A Road.  Arriving on scene the officer found a 2008 Chevrolet HHR that collided with a utility pole.   64 year old, Cindy S. Fisher...
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  05/14/13  On Saturday, May 11th at approximately 4:15 A.M. Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Laffoon while on routine patrol initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle on US 30 east of State Road 17 for an equipment violation.  During the investigation of the traffic stop it was discovered that the driver, 41 year...
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    04/30/13  On Saturday, April 27th at approximately 5:30 P.M. Deputy Matt Brown with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department responded to the 20,000 block of 9B Road in reference to a burglary.  Arriving at the scene he was advised by the home owner that as they returned home they located two males inside...
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  04/15/13 Police officers from around Marshall County booked 208 inmates into the Marshall County Jail in March.  The number one reason why people were put in the jail last month, Failure to Appear.  Looking at the remaining top 9 reasons why people were lodged in the county jail, Operating While Intoxicated, Theft, Driving...
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03/27/13 Marshall County Sheriff Tom Chamberlin announced a few days left for the Indiana Sheriff’s Association college scholarships to qualified high school seniors or college students who are pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies. There will be approximately 40 – $500 scholarships awarded to qualifying students throughout the state. The Indiana Sheriff’s Association...
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  03/26/13   On Friday, March 22nd at 12:50 P.M. Deputy Jonathan Bryant responded to a residence on Walnut Street in LaPaz for a felony warrant service on 19 year old, Bradley W. Vest of Plymouth.  Upon arriving at the residence deputies located and arrested Mr. Vest who was wanted on an active felony warrant...
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03/26/13  On Friday, March 15th the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department received a complaint from Steven Hunsberger advising that he had several checks stolen and forged.  During the investigation Deputy Les McFarland had reason to believe that 24 year old, Lacy Holzwart was involved in taking the checks and forging them for currency.  After obtaining...
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  03/21/13  On Sunday, March 17th at 2:57 A.M. the Marshall County Dispatch Center received a report of several underage subjects consuming alcohol and fighting outside of a residence in the 11,000 block of Plymouth-Goshen Trail.  Patrolman Nicholas Laffoon responded to the location and discovered a large party with several underage individuals consuming alcohol....
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 03/14/13 Marshall County Sheriff Tom Chamberlin appeared before the County Council Monday to seek an additional appropriation and two transfers in his budget. The Sheriff was approved to move $7,000 from wages overtime to a new line item, part-time clerical.  Chamberlin explained that this part-time position will include clerical and bookkeeping.  He asked how...
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  03/13/13  On Friday, March 8th at approximately 8 p.m. Deputy Jonathan Bryant with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop in the area of US 30 and Plymouth-Goshen Trail.    During the investigation, the driver, 19 year old Brandyn S. Ross of Argos was arrested for operating a vehicle with a...
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  03/12/13  On Saturday, March 9th at approximately 10:00 p.m. Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputy Jordan Rans responded to the 10,000 block of Beth Street, south of Plymouth, in reference to a complaint.  Arriving at the location, Deputy Rans was advised by the home owners that their 19 year old son identified as Bradley W....
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  01/15/13  On Saturday, January 12th, Marshall County Deputy Rob Hafke took several theft reports from home owners in the 17,000 and 18,000 block of Lincoln Highway.  Unknown persons entered unlocked vehicles and stole an assortment of items from M & M’s to cash, a Carhart Jacket, Garmin GPS and other electronics.  Anyone with...
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  11/27/12  On Thursday, November 22nd at approximately 11:25 AM Deputy Les McFarland with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department made a traffic stop on US 31 south of 16th Road for a vehicle having expired license plates. During the traffic stop it was discovered that the driver, 33 year old Desireia Liggins, who lives...
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