Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker

As Lafayette area Republican State Sen. Ron Alting quits the Senate, Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker must still decide whether or how to charge him criminally.

Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker is being appointed special prosecutor to determine if Republican Lafayette area Indiana state Sen. Ron Alting should be charged with shoplifting from two Walmart stores.

Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker on Friday said she's confident that Nicholas Stanley will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering 38-year-old Allen Cogswell in revenge for molesting Stanley's family member.

Nicholas Stanley's defense attorney, Vincent Campiti, on Thursday told Elkhart Circuit Judge Michael Christofeno that he was wrong, and risks a retrial, for refusing to tell the jury that they can convict Stanley on the lesser charge of manslaughter for acting in "sudden heat."

“They were forced to make life-or-death decisions in an extremely dangerous situation,” said Elkhart Mayor Rod Roberson.

Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker Thursday announced that Elkhart Police officers Thomas Breneman and Nicholas Ragsdale were justified under the law of self-defense in fatally shooting 17-year-old Bryan Ramirez Gomez on Feb. 8.

Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker says Elkhart Community Schools officials waited too long to report the incident and failed to properly test a bus driver suspected of driving while impaired by alcohol in January.

Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker on Wednesday issued a statement saying it could still be months before evidence can be reviewed for her to determine whether two yet-to-be-identified Elkhart Police officers were justified in fatally shooting 17-year-old Bryan Ramirez Gomez on Feb. 8 at High Dive Park. She said she won't release body or dash cam video until her investigation is complete.

St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter has determined that Mishawaka officers followed Indiana statute for using deadly force when they shot suspects Chad Bean and Stephen Sherwood in separate recent cases.

Elkhart Mayor Rod Roberson on Wednesday said it will likely be early next week before Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker announces whether two officers were justified in fatally shooting 17-year-old Bryan Ramirez Gomez on Sunday in High Dive Park.