TUESDAY December 17, 2013
Real Estate Report Page A2 DeKalb County market called stable
Tough Trip Page B1 DeKalb boys defeated at Goshen
Weather A 60% chance of snow today. High 29. Low 16. Mostly cloudy Wednesday. High 30. Page A6
GOOD MORNING History center plans Christmas concert AUBURN — The Dean V. Kruse Foundation will present Christmas entertainment Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the National Military History Center, 5634 C.R. 11-A. DeKalb High School show choirs will perform a variety of Christmas songs, and Kyrou Music will share holiday music on the harp with violin accompaniment. Tickets cost $5 and may be purchased in advance or at the event. Free refreshments will be served before the show. Admission includes access to the museum’s galleries, featuring several Christmas trees and hundreds of Christmas houses.
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Auburn man indicted for bank heist Suspect also charged in Anderson FORT WAYNE —A federal grand jury at Fort Wayne indicted an Auburn man on a charge of bank robbery Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Stephen M. Long, 28, is charged in a single-count indictment with bank robbery on or
about Nov. 18, 2013. A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s office did not give details of the bank robbery. A news release from Anderson Police said Long robbed a Star Financial Bank branch in Fort Wayne on Nov. 18.
Anderson Police said its officers and the FBI arrested Anderson on Nov. 26, on a charge that he robbed Star Financial Bank on East 53rd Street in Anderson that day. They said that around 10:30 a.m. Nov. 26, he walked up to a teller with a note indicating he had a gun and demanding money. The teller handed over an undisclosed
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Governor chooses new state auditor INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Republican lawmaker from southwestern Indiana was named the new state auditor Monday, just weeks after her predecessor stepped down four months into the job. Gov. Mike Pence tapped Evansville Rep. Suzanne Crouch to Crouch succeed Dwayne Sawyer, who submitted his resignation last month “due to family and personal concerns.” His last day was Sunday. Sawyer had been climbing the Republican Party ranks, headlining local fundraisers, before his surprise departure. He was the first black Republican to hold a statewide office in Indiana and had been expected to seek a full term as the state’s chief financial officer in next year’s election.
amount of cash and Long left the branch. Police said Long had been armed with a BB gun, but never showed it. Police said Long fled the scene of the Anderson robbery in a 2000 Dodge Durango and was captured a short time later in a Speedway Convenience Store parking lot by officers of the Anderson Police
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A police vehicle blocks an intersection outside Yoder Ford in Garrett after a partial roof collapse Monday morning. Walls bow out in the service
shop directly behind the brick portion of the building.
Roof collapses at dealership BY SUE CARPENTER scarpenter@kpcmedia.com
GARRETT — The safety and integrity of a building housing a longtime Garrett auto dealership is under investigation following a roof collapse Monday morning. Firefighters responded at 8:30 a.m. to Bill Yoder Ford in downtown Garrett, according to reports. City planner Milton Otero said the estimated 7-inch snowfall last weekend more than likely was a contributing factor in the collapse. The service area of the structure had some broken support beams, Otero said. Mechanic Mark Krider was injured when he fell while escaping the area as the collapse occurred, officials said. A DeKalb EMS ambulance crew took him for treatment. Police and fire personnel strung police tape around the entire building and blocked the intersection at the corner of Quincy and Randolph streets in fear the building might continue to weaken through the day, according to officials at the scene. Insurance investigators and the county building inspector were expected to examine the structure later Monday. Two vehicles were in the shop area of the garage, and a pickup truck remained on a hoist
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The interior of the Yoder Ford service shop shows damage from a roof collapse Monday morning, including broken support beams.
for repair. The heating system and other infrastructure dangled from the ceiling. The sales area at the front of the building was not in jeopardy at the time, officials said. City electric utility workers and NIPSCO gas utility workers dug through packed snow along an alley to disconnect lines to the
building. The Garrett police and fire departments were assisted by city utility workers, NIPSCO and DeKalb EMS, along with the city planner and county building inspector. THIS STORY was posted on kpcnews.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a ruling with potentially far-reaching consequences, a federal judge declared Monday that the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of millions of Americans’ telephone records likely violates the U.S. Constitution’s ban on unreasonable search. The ruling, filled with blistering criticism of the Obama administration’s arguments, is the first of its kind on the controversial program. Even if NSA’s “metadata” collection of records should pass constitutional muster, the judge said, there is little evidence it has ever prevented a terrorist attack. The collection program was disclosed by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, provoking a heated national and international debate. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon granted a preliminary injunction against the collecting of the phone records of two men who had challenged the program and said any such records for the men should be destroyed. But he put enforcement of that decision on hold pending a near-certain government appeal, which may well end up at the Supreme Court. The injunction applies only to the two individual plaintiffs, but the ruling is likely to open the door to much broader challenges to the records collection and storage. The plaintiffs are Larry Klayman, a conservative lawyer, and Charles Strange, who is the father of a cryptologist technician who was killed in Afghanistan when his helicopter was shot down in 2011. The son worked for the NSA and support personnel for Navy SEAL Team VI. Leon, an appointee of President George W. Bush, ruled that the two men “have a substantial likeli-
com at 11:10 a.m. Monday.
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Formal charges filed in Eastside lockdown incident BY KATHRYN BASSETT kbassett@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — Formal charges have been filed against a Butler man who was arrested after an incident that resulted in a lockdown at Eastside Junior-Senior High School earlier this month. Chad J. Czaja, 34, of the 200 block of Park Lane, is charged with criminal recklessness, a Class A misdemeanor, and failure to
stop after an accident resulting in nonvehicle damage, a Class B misdemeanor. At his initial hearing Monday morning in DeKalb Superior Court I, Czaja entered preliminary pleas of not guilty. He is represented by attorney Kevin Likes. His next hearing is scheduled for Feb. 19. Czaja is accused of driving his red 2000 Dodge Durango onto a school sidewalk, endangering several students. He also is
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accused of driving the vehicle into a pole and failing to stop afterward. Following his arrest, Czaja told police he meant to scare his daughter as a prank when he arrived to pick Czaja her up from school, Butler Police Chief Jim Nichols said after the incident.
According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Butler Police Detective Matthew Tamez, police were called to the school Dec. 3 on a report of a suspicious man who was armed and on school property. Police arrived and detained Czaja. A witness told police he saw Czaja driving the red 2000 Dodge Durango through the high school parking lot and wearing
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