Kosciusko County The following people were booked into the Kosciusko County Jail: Elkhart County The following person was booked into the Elkhart County Corrections Facility: Fulton County The following people were booked into the Fulton County Jail: Whitley County The following people were booked into the Whitley County … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Supreme Court Justices have denied the request by Scott Leon Wilkins, Milford, to transfer his appeal to that court. All justices concurred with the decision Jan. 19.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld the March 16 sentencing of Scott Leon Wilkins, 38, Milford, by Kosciusko Superior Court 3 Judge Joe Sutton. However, he has appealed the Court of Appeals ruling asking the case be transferred to the Indiana Supreme Court. Wilkins was sentenced … Read More
WARSAW — After almost 5 1/2 hours of deliberation, the jury found Scott Leon Wilkins, 37, 136 N. Main St., Milford, guilty on two of three charges. He will be sentenced at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 16, in Kosciusko County Superior Court 3. The jury unanimously found Wilkins … Read More
WARSAW — The prosecution and defense have made their closing arguments and the jury has gone into deliberation in the case of Scott Wilkins. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Karin McGrath presented her argument first. McGrath appealed to the jury to consider the evidence, to take into account eyewitness accounts … Read More
WARSAW — The case against Scott Wilkins, 27, 136 N. Main St., Milford, will be going to the jury late this morning, Thursday, Feb. 18. Wilkins has been incarcerated in the Kosciusko County Jail since his arrest on Jan. 2, 2015. The fourth day of the trial began … Read More
WARSAW — The prosecution rests in the trial of Scott Wilkins, 37, 136 N. Main St., Milford. The trial reconvened following a lunch break Wednesday, Feb. 17, with further testimony by Lt. Chris McKeand, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department. McKeand is a part of the department’s Fatal Alcohol Crash Team and responded … Read More
WARSAW — It was a short morning for testimony, Wednesday, Feb. 17, in the jury trial of Scott Wilkins, 37, 136 N. Main St., Milford. The jury heard testimony from two witnesses and started to hear the third, when an objection by the defense sent the jury back … Read More
WARSAW — When Vicki Simmons, Catherine Street, Milford, lent her vehicle to a friend in December, 2014, little did she know the events that would unfold surrounding it. Simmons testified as a witness Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 16, day two of the trail of Scott Wilkins, 37, 136 N. Main St., … Read More
WARSAW — Testimony continued today in the Scott Wilkins trial with witness accounts not quite matching up. The trial for Scott Wilkins, 37, 136 N. Main St., Milford, continued today with Karin McGrath, deputy prosecuting attorney, calling Officer Derek Crider, Milford Deputy Marshal, to the witness stand. Crider … Read More
WARSAW — “He left her. He recklessly killed her and left her for dead. Alone to burn. Scott Wilkins walked away from the inferno that claimed a life. He ran, he hid, he tried and covered his tracks. His friends helped him.” This was part of the opening … Read More
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Readers of Ink Free News have viewed individual stories on people arrested on charges ranging from theft to murder, drug related offenses to child molesting and rape. So what is the status of these cases? Were they forgotten? No longer news? A majority of these … Read More
