Mishawaka

MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — An investigation has determined that two 911 dispatchers made mistakes during emergency calls about a driver who had veered into a frozen northern Indiana pond with her three young children.

The South Bend Tribune reports that one of the errors delayed the response of a dive team to the crash location.

The St. Joseph County dispatch center's director says in a report released Wednesday that the two dispatchers have resigned since the New Year's Eve crash in Mishawaka, but they likely would have been disciplined if they hadn't.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A 17-year-old Indiana boy has been sentenced to 65 years in prison in the fatal stabbing of a schoolmate who was pregnant with his child.

A Joseph Superior Court judge sentenced Aaron Trejo on Tuesday to 55 years for murder and 10 years for feticide.

Trejo pleaded guilty in October to killing Breana Rouhselang in 2018.

Prosecutors said Trejo told officers he killed her because she waited so long to tell him she was pregnant that it was too late to get an abortion.

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The St. Joseph Co. Prosecutor's Office has released names of children who died on New Year's Eve when the SUV they were riding in went into a pond.

According to a spokeswoman for the St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office, Aaron Trejo pled guilty to murder and feticide at a hearing today.  The plea is in connection to last December's discovery of the body of Breana Rouhselang, 17,  in a dumpster behind a business near her Mishawaka home. 

According to court documents in the case, Breana was six months pregnant at the time and Trejo was the father. Shortly after her death, probable cause documents in the case indicated that Trejo told investigators, "I took action...I took her life."

The League of Women Voters and the American Democracy Project are sponsoring several upcoming forums to allow voters to meet candidates who will be on the ballot in Nov. 2019 municipal races. Information about the events is below. 

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Sears Holdings announced another round of store closures Tuesday and this time the location at University Park Mall in Mishawaka is on the list.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Another man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenager in northeast Des Moines.

Marcus Brown was captured in Mishawaka, Indiana, and has been returned to Des Moines. He is being held on a $1-million cash bond. He is being held on a preliminary count of first degree murder charge in addition to a first degree robbery charge. 

St. Joseph County – Today Vincent B. Hunter, Jr., 26, appeared in St. Joseph County Superior Court and was sentenced to five years for Leaving the Scene of an Accident, a Level 5 Felony.

Two of those five years are to be served in the Indiana Department of Corrections and the remaining three years of the sentence are to be served with St. Joseph County Community Corrections.

He was charged for a February 14, 2019, fatal crash that occurred on E. McKinley Ave, Mishawaka, and resulted in the death of Lester Horrall, 50, of Mishawaka.

Mishawaka Mayor Dave Wood will deliver the 2019 State of the City address tonight in the auditorium of the Battell Center. An open-house reception and tours of Battell Center hosted by Mayor Wood’s Youth Advisory Council will begin at 6pm followed by the Address at 7pm.

The theme for this year’s address is “Building a Better Community”. Mayor Wood will review the year of 2018 and provide highlights of what the future holds for the Princess City. Several City of Mishawaka employees will be honored.