St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter

Court records say when confronted about his "trash talking" a student at practice, Demetrius Jackson said, "This is my court, I can say whatever . . . I want." Marian High School named the court after Jackson in 2019 after he donated money to buy it.

St. Joseph County prosecutors released no factual information Tuesday in how cold case detectives solved the case but it was featured in the Nov. 1 episode of Oxygen's show Cold Justice.

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.

St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter says Notre Dame Football Head Coach Marcus Freeman may have inadvertently touched a New Prairie assistant wrestling coach during an argument but there's not enough evidence to prove battery in a court of law.

An officer's body cam video shows stabbing and confinement suspect Christopher Chester coming at six officers with a hammer. Two fired shots at him, hitting him with eight bullets. He died two hours later at a hospital.

St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter says most child support hearings before Magistrate Aric Rutkowski involving Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Sarah Troyer were uncontested but some required him to make decisions. For those cases, Cotter is offering to join non-custodial parents who want Rutkowski's decisions reviewed by a new judge or magistrate.

Under the Indiana's new privatized Adult Protective Services system, effective July 1, Michiana will go from having seven investigators four four counties to 11 investigators for 20 counties.

A juvenile fatally shot 56-year-old Jerry Barnett in the convenience store after the pair had argued outside.

St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter's chief deputy, Amy Cressy, plans to run next November to succeed him. Cotter was elected in 2015 after serving as Prosecutor Michael Dvorak's chief deputy.

Democratic former Monroe County Prosecutor Chris Gaal has been appointed special prosecutor to review allegations against Sharon McBride, and in another case, against county Republican Party Vice-Chair Marvin "Joe" Layne.