By Kristy Deer, Greenfield Daily Reporter GREENFIELD — The trial of a 19-year-old McCordsville man accused of rape opened Tuesday, Nov. 30, in Hancock County Circuit Court. Christopher Lee Hargraves, 19, has been charged with multiple felony crimes, including two counts of Level 1 felony rape, stemming from an incident with a teenage girl in
By Kristy Deer, Greenfield Daily Reporter HANCOCK COUNTY — Law enforcement had at most 15 seconds of interaction with Jeffrey S. Stearns before Stearns walked into the back area of his work facility, shut an office door and took his own life, police say. A team of three deputies and two investigators from the Hancock
By Kristy Deer - HANCOCK COUNTY — Judge Marie Castetter on Friday, July 31, reluctantly accepted a plea agreement in a rape case in which the defendant admitted guilt to two misdemeanor charges. Nabil Zaim, 36, Greenfield, was sentenced to 365 days in jail, with eight days executed and 357 days suspended to probation on a domestic
By Kristy Deer, Greenfield Daily Reporter HANCOCK COUNTY — The special prosecutor who took over a rape case in the county has filed paperwork for a plea agreement. Nabil Zaim, 36, Greenfield, has been accused of four felonies and two misdemeanors, including a Level 3 felony count of rape. The plea agreement, filed Tuesday, July 21,
By Kristy Deer, Greenfield Daily Reporter HANCOCK COUNTY — The case against a Cumberland man accused of raping a woman in March is headed to a special prosecutor. Prosecutor Brent Eaton requested a special prosecutor to pursue charges against Nabil Zaim, 35, after Zaim’s attorney informed the prosecutor’s office he planned to call at least one
By Kristy Deer, Greenfield Daily Reporter HANCOCK COUNTY — Deputy prosecutor Catherine Wilson didn’t smile, but there was a look of relief on her face when she heard the details of the sentence being handed down to Hayden J. Nix. Nix got 16 years for sexually assaulting a teenage girl, the fourth time a judge has
GREENFIELD, Ind.– A man is behind bars, now linked to the sexual assault of two elderly women in Central Indiana. However court documents show, these cases may not be the first time the suspect is accused of this type of crime. Charges were filed against Samuel L. Patterson, 56, in Marion County for rape, burglary,
GREENFIELD, Ind.-- A man is behind bars, now linked to the sexual assault of two elderly women in Central Indiana. However court documents show, these cases may not be the first time the suspect is accused of this type of crime. Charges were filed against Samuel L. Patterson, 56, in Marion County for
McCORDSVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — A man described by authorities as a violent sexual predator is accused of raping two elderly women living in two different retirement communities. According to News 8’s newsgathering partners at the Greenfield Daily Reporter, Samuel L. Patterson, 56, of Indianapolis, has been in the Marion County jail since February on charges of raping a 77-year-old Lawrence woman
GREENFIELD — Prosecutors have added a count of rape to the slew of sexual assault-related felony charges against a local man after he withdrew from a plea agreement, records show. Jordan Collins, 20, of Wilkinson, was arrested earlier this year after a girl told police the man cornered her during a party at her home