Federal Enforcement

SOUTH BEND – Jose Fuentes-Garcia, 53 years old, a felon from Mexico who had been previously removed from the United

HAMMOND –  On March 5, 2026, Vernon R. Tate II, 39 years old, of Valparaiso, was sentenced by United States

FORT WAYNE – On March 4, 2026, Parke Althaus, 31 years old, of Findlay, Ohio, was sentenced by United States

SOUTH BEND – On March 3, 2026, Dontia Grant, 29 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by United

SOUTH BEND – On March 3, 2026, Miguel Angel Vera-Rosales, 36 years old, a felon from Mexico who had been

FORT WAYNE – On February 27, 2026, Lucas Kern, 46 years old, of Huntington, Indiana, was sentenced by United States

HAMMOND-  Bethany A. Cataldi, D.O., 54 years old, of Chesterton, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Gretchen

SOUTH BEND – Keith Hall, 27 years old, of Kokomo, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon

SOUTH BEND – Jaron Williams, 44 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge

HAMMOND- United States District Court Judge Gretchen S. Lund sentenced Robert Crayton, 48 years old, of Evanston, Illinois, to 216

HAMMOND – Miguel Bermudez-Herrera, 48 years old, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Gretchen S. Lund after pleading

FORT WAYNE – Michael O. Beers, 39 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court

HAMMOND – Eli Martinez-Martinez, age 39, of Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after

HAMMOND – United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred announced today a settlement for nearly $1.7 million to resolve civil claims

SOUTH BEND – Manuel De Jesus Tinoco-Calderon, 36 years old, of Mexico and a resident of South Bend, Indiana, was

SOUTH BEND –  Kerry T. Hancock, 34 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court

SOUTH BEND – On January 22, 2026, Guillermo Zarate-Martinez, 29 years old, of Venezuela, residing in Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced

SOUTH BEND – On January 22, 2026, Gary Schmucker, 47 years old, of Warsaw, Indiana, was sentenced by United States

FORT WAYNE – Jason L. Pea, 32 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court

SOUTH BEND – On January 21, 2026, Santiago Ortiz-Ruvalcaba, 30 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United

SOUTH BEND – On January 16, 2026, Verrhontez L. Williams, 40 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by

FORT WAYNE – On January 15, 2026, Kevin James Miller, 54 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by

HAMMOND – On January 13, 2026, Armon A. Hill, 46 years old, of Merrillville, was sentenced by United States District

HAMMOND – Carlos Alvarez Morin, 36 years old, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip