Chavez Gustin will spend close to the rest of his life in prison, having taken a guilty plea for the murder of Roger Swedzinski. The 22-year-old didn’t know Swedzinski, 67, a widower who lived alone on 17 acres in northwest Allen County. But he scoped out Swedzinski after he saw the older man’s post on Facebook Marketplace advertising 10 2006 1/10oz. American Eagle gold coins for sale, according to the probable cause affidavit written by Allen County Det./Cpl. Gabe Furn

Another aspect of the suit is liability during incarceration. If the suit goes to trial, a jury must decide if jail officials did not notify the medical provider QCC of Ohlwine’s dire need of medical attention or was it QCC who was lax in its treatment efforts. “We believe he was being treated,” Olinger said in court. “We don’t believe he was being treated properly.” Ohlwine had a “long history of being in jail and a long history of his mental health issues were known at the

Swedzinski, 67, died of a bullet wound to the head and another to his chest, according to a probable cause affidavit written by Detective Gabe Furnish with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department. Thursday, Michael Chavez Gustin, 22, was charged with murder, felony murder and burglary.

Folks in the 46845 zip code where new luxury homes abut farmland are jittery, wondering if the shooting death was random or personal. It looks as though it was the latter. "If it is any relief, there is no indication that the incident there, will lead to any others," Kenneth Litzenberg, public information officer for the Allen County Sheriff's Department, wrote Thursday in an email response.

The victim was 67 years old and lived far north in Allen County. His home in the 700 block of Hathaway Road is peaceful with large homes. Roger Marvin Swedzinski died Saturday morning around 9:30 a.m. of multiple gunshot wounds.He was at his home.

Jamoni Burton, 19, who lived in the same apartment complex as his alleged victim, Kardenia Anthony Hollis, is now facing a virtual life sentence homicide. Thursday he was booked in to the Allen County Jail on a murder charge, according to the Allen County Sheriff's Department website.

It could have gone another way, if the bullets had hit their mark. But as it is, the probable cause affidavit is scary enough. Just before midnight July 10, Wyat Michael Prichard, 19, is accused of threatening to kill his girlfriend’s family members, according to a probable cause affidavit written by Allen County Sheriff’s Deputy Z. Filipiak. 

Because of the seriousness of the charges and the threat of the enhancement that could double their sentences, if convicted, the men are lawyering up. So far three have retained attorneys. They have until July 27 to find an attorney or a public defender, according to online court documents.

Vard Warnock, the sixth suspect in a May 30 bar beating at Pike's Pub in Waynedale, doesn't have long before the Allen County Sheriff's Department warrants officers are at his door.

The men, all wearing jackets or T-shirts identifying them as members of The Outlaws Motorcycle Club, were seen beating James Simmons in an amateur video posted online. It caught fire on social media, locally and nationally.

He was already in trouble when he fled from police and wrecked his white Cadillac sedan at North Clinton and Wallen Road Monday around 1:30 p.m. Now Tyler Alberding, Jr. is in more trouble. He is accused of causing a crash that killed a woman and left a man driving a red pick up truck with numerous injuries.