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Monday, August 25, 2008

Ind. Courts - "Fight delays manslaughter trial"

Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reported early this afternoon in a brief story that begins:

A fistfight at the doors to an Allen County courtroom Monday morning caused a five-month delay in a voluntary manslaughter trial scheduled for this week.

The melee sent three people to the hospital and led to the arrests of four men listed as witnesses in the case. A court security officer also was inadvertently shot in the face with pepper spray as he attempted to help break up the fight.

More details will be posted in tomorrow's JG, but the reporter notes: "Because of the commotion, Allen Superior Judge John Surbeck postponed the trial until mid-January."

Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 25, 2008 01:01 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts