A detective Tuesday said the Crown Point man accused of allegedly operating a puppy mill in violation of his probation agreement appears to have set up shop just two months after he signed the June 2020 probation deal prohibiting him from doing so.
Deonlashawn C. Simmons, 36, has pleaded not guilty to murder in the shooting death of 14-year-old Takaylah Tribitt, whose body was found in September 2019 in a Gary alley.
While he was serving a sentence at the Noble Correctional Institution in Caldwell, Ohio, Cromwell sent documents to Lake Criminal Court requesting an early disposition of his case.