LAGRANGE â A Howe man on Monday was arrested and charged with money laundering, a Level 6 felony, for allegedly extorting a large sum of cash from a local Amish man.
Roberto Alvez, 40, of the 4800 block of S.R. 9 North, Howe, was arrested and taken into custody by the LaGrange County Sheriffâs Department.
Documents filed with the LaGrange Superior Court said, Alvez is accused of sending a threatening letter in July 2020 to a local Amish man he was familiar with. In that letter, Alvez allegedly said he would kill the Amish man unless he sent Alvez a check for $7,500. Alvez is said to have instructed the man to mail the check to his address along with a letter saying the money was a gift.
Albion man faces Whitley rape count
JAMIE DUFFY | The Journal Gazette
A 25-year-old Albion man was charged with rape after a six-month investigation by Indiana state troopers.
Matthew J. Clark was arrested Sunday at a Mishawaka home. He allegedly raped an 18-year-old Whitley County girl at the Deniston Camping area in Larwill in June.
He was being held at the Whitley County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Detective Andrew Mills turned the investigation over to the Whitley County prosecutor s office, which issued an arrest warrant in March. Master Troopers Joe McLaughlin and Brian Kreger at the Fort Wayne Post tracked Clark to a residence in Mishawaka.
COLUMBIA CITY â A former Albion resident was arrested Sunday in Mishawaka by the Indiana State Police on a warrant alleging he raped a woman in the Larwill area of Whitley County in June of 2020.
Matthew J. Clark, 25, formerly of the 300 block of South Third Street, Albion, was being held on $100,000 surety bond on the Level 3 felony rape charge at the Whitley County Jail. A surety bond requires the use of a bail bondsman for release.
The investigating officer in the case, Indiana State Police Detective Andrew Mills, contacted Master Troopers Joe McLaughlin and Brian Kreger about serving the warrant that day. Mills told Kreger and McLaughlin that Clark was living on Third Street in Albion.
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