ALBION â A Noble County judge Tuesday gave the Noble County Prosecuting Attorneyâs Office additional time to file charges involving a LaOtto man who led police on a high-speed chase that ended in a shootout with officers in Kendallville early Thursday morning.
A closed hearing was held Tuesday afternoon in Noble Superior Court I regarding Justin R. Weikel, 40. At the conclusion of that hearing, Judge Robert Kirsch gave Prosecutor Jim Mowery until 10 a.m. Friday to file formal charges relating to Thursdayâs incident.
An initial hearing in the case could come as early as Friday afternoon.
Initial reports indicate Weikel initiated a high-speed chase starting in Fort Wayne that traveled north to Kendallville.
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