February 4, 2013
Scott OlsonThe lead lawyer for Marsh Supermarkets Inc. expects to call Don Marsh as its first witness when the civil trial against him
reconvenes Tuesday. The grocery chain alleges that the former CEO used company funds to pay more than $3 million in personal
expenses.
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February 4, 2013
Associated PressThe Marion County prosecutor's office is teaming with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development to prosecute people
suspected of committing unemployment insurance fraud in Indiana.
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February 1, 2013
Associated PressA central Indiana county commissioner, his wife and members of three other families who lost more than $700,000 they invested
in businesses state officials say were shell companies are suing two men accused of orchestrating the scheme.
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January 31, 2013
Cory SchoutenAn FBI investigation into Venture Real Estate Services and principals John Bales and Bill Spencer had already begun when Matthew
Dyer signed on as the company's controller in December 2009. Bales told him the company had done nothing illegal, Dyer
testified Wednesday.
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January 29, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinA federal judge has released two Indiana horsemen from the ongoing defamation and conspiracy case brought by Ed Martin Jr.,
a former car dealer and thoroughbred breeder.
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January 29, 2013
Cory SchoutenFacing a looming deadline to find suitable office space for the state Department of Child Services, Indianapolis real estate
broker John M. Bales and partner Bill Spencer in 2008 dipped into their own pockets to help close a difficult lease deal,
their defense attorneys contend.
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January 28, 2013
Scott OlsonDeborah Ecksten, a former shareholder of Indianapolis-based Createc Corp., is suing her brother and mother, claiming they
earned multimillion-dollar profits at her expense by selling the company without her knowledge.
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January 28, 2013
Cory SchoutenThe federal fraud trial of Indianapolis real estate broker John M. Bales and a partner began Monday morning in South Bend
with a jury-selection process that may not have run as smoothly if it took place in central Indiana.
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January 28, 2013
Bloomberg NewsThinking that brothers Jim and John Harbaugh might go head to head in this year's Super Bowl, Roy Fox last year filed applications
to register “Harbowl” and “Harbaugh Bowl” as U.S. trademarks.
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January 25, 2013
Scott OlsonWilliam Conour is accused of engaging in a scheme to defraud clients by keeping settlement proceeds for his own use. A new
trial date has been set for Sept. 9.
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January 23, 2013
J.K. WallPaul C. Bateman Jr., a former Democrat city-county councilor, agreed to plead guilty Wednesday to 13 counts of money laundering
and wire fraud for his part in defrauding an Indianapolis physician of $1.7 million.
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January 17, 2013
Associated PressU.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon in Hammond ruled that none of the union's arguments against the law could succeed
in federal court, although a challenge could still be made in state courts.
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January 17, 2013
Scott OlsonMichael Russell faces between 57 and 71 months in prison for defrauding an Indianapolis investor of $1.7 million. Two associates,
Paul Bateman, a former City-County councilor, and Manuel Gonzalez, have pleaded not guilty and are set for trial Feb. 11.
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January 16, 2013
Associated PressA sweeping plan to overhaul Indiana's criminal sentencing laws cleared its first hurdle in the Legislature on Wednesday
with the support of law-enforcement groups that had scuttled similar efforts the past two years.
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January 15, 2013
Scott OlsonThe Bloomington-based winery claims in a federal lawsuit that it was forced to recall its hard apple cider due to defective
cans provided by Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp.
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January 14, 2013
The complaint alleged that Hudson residents in 2011 began noticing cracks in the first-floor walls and ceiling of the downtown
condominium, in addition to noticing a slope in the floor.
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January 10, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Gov.-elect Mike Pence will include tort reform in a first-year legislative agenda that is slowly taking shape.
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January 9, 2013
Associated PressFour sisters who claimed their breast cancer was caused by a drug their mother took during pregnancy in the 1950s reached
a settlement Wednesday with Eli Lilly and Co. in the first of scores of similar claims around the country to go to trial.
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January 8, 2013
Associated PressA proposal to write Indiana's same-sex marriage ban into the state constitution may be on hold as Republican leaders ponder
its fate this year, but the House and Senate sponsors are charging ahead anyway.
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January 8, 2013
Associated PressIn opening statements Tuesday, a lawyer for Indianapolis-based Lilly told the jury there is no evidence the synthetic estrogen
known as DES causes breast cancer in the daughters of women who took it.
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January 8, 2013
Associated PressHundreds of thousands of Americans stand to benefit from the latest mortgage-abuse settlement, but consumer advocates say
U.S. banks may be getting the best of the deal.
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January 6, 2013
Associated PressA federal judge says former Indiana financier Tim Durham doesn't have to pay to appeal his conviction for swindling investors
out of more than $200 million.
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January 4, 2013
Cory SchoutenIndianapolis attorney and developer Paul J. Page has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors in an investigation that
targets former Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi.
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January 3, 2013
Associated PressFour sisters diagnosed with breast cancer are suing Eli Lilly and Co., a former maker of DES, or diethylstilbestrol, a drug
taken by their mother in the 1950s when she was pregnant. It could be the first of scores of such trials over the drug.
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January 2, 2013
Associated PressA central Indiana town is suing Indiana American Water Co., seeking to wrest control of local water services from the utility.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!