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GOOD MORNING Police, car owners chase alleged thief ANGOLA — An Angola teen was arrested for a variety of charges, including felony auto theft and resisting law enforcement with a vehicle after allegedly stealing a car then fleeing from police — and owners of the vehicle — early Saturday, a Steuben County Sheriff’s Department news release said. Just before 5 a.m. Roger Raske, 18, allegedly took a car from a Hudson residence. Family members tailed the vehicle and located it near the intersection of U.S. 20 Raske and Interstate 69 then called police, the news release said. The family members continued to follow the vehicle, but lost it on Landis Road. A deputy spotted the vehicle on Shadyside Road at Crooked Lake and started what became a short pursuit when Raske allegedly headed down a dead end road then struck a post. Raske allegedly fled on foot but was caught a short distance later without incident, police said. Raske was booked into the Steuben County Jail and also faces preliminary charges of minor in possession/consumption of alcohol, fleeing police on foot and miscellaneous traffic violations.
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Murder suspect back in U.S. Mahfuz Huq, wanted for 1989 Steuben murder, returns from India BY MIKE MARTURELLO mmarturello@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — A man on the run from Steuben County authorities for more than two decades is back on Indiana soil after he was returned to the United States Saturday. Murder suspect Mahfuz Huq was returned to Indiana this afternoon by FBI authorities, said a news release from Steuben County Sheriff Tim Troyer. Huq was wanted for the Aug. 9, 1989, murder of Todd Kelley, 19, of
Hamilton. “I’m happy for the family that they’ll finally get their day in court,” Troyer said. Saturday at approximately 12:40 p.m. Huq, in the custody of federal Huq agents, arrived at the Indianapolis International Airport. Huq was returned to the U.S. from New Dehli, where he was in custody at
the Tihar Prison system pending extradition. He was arrested in New Dehli Feb. 13, 2011. Huq was taken into custody by Marion County Indiana Sheriff’s Deputies from federal authorities upon landing in Indianapolis on a Steuben Superior Court warrant of murder at the request of Troyer. Huq was taken to the Marion County Sheriff’s Department medical holding facility pending a routine examination by staff. “Due to Mr. Huq’s unknown medical care background while housed in a foreign prison system, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office is best equipped and staffed to take temporary custody of Mr. Huq for observations prior to his return to
Annual Antique Boat show Checking out the classics Hundreds of people peruse the former Bledsoe’s Beach area at Jimmerson Creek, Lake James, for the annual antique boat show. The show featured scores of boats both in the water and on land, along with a car show and arts and crafts. In the top photo, a 1963 Hydrodyne shines in the water in front of a long line of mainly wooden classic boats. While most of the boats did not have wheels, this woodie wagon riden by Chris Sindel, left photo, was modeled after a wood boat. It even had the name Chris in a Chris Craft metal insignia on the rear. Chris is the son of Mike and Stephanie Sindel, Defiance, Ohio, who brought their 1951 Christ Craft Riviera to display.
Sheriff suspends 3 deputies in probe COLUMBUS (AP) — A central Indiana sheriff has suspended three deputies for what he calls “errors in judgment” during an investigation into the death of a man married to the ex-wife of one of the officers. Bartholomew County Sheriff Mark Gorbett said Friday that Sgt. Dean Johnson, then-Detective Christie Nunemaker and Deputy E. DeWayne Janes violated department procedures, failed to correctly manage the death scene and properly preserve evidence.
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the Steuben County Jail,” Troyer said. “Once Mr. Huq is cleared by medical staff, he will be returned to the Steuben County Jail.” Should Huq clear his medical exams without issue, Troyer expects him to be returned to Steuben County this week. Prior to his arrest Kelley in 2011, Huq had been unaccounted for since the day of the 1989 murder, which was discovered by Kelley’s girlfriend, Christine Mutzfeld. Court documents said Kelley’s body was in the front room SEE HUQ, PAGE A8
Troops abroad remain legacies of war WASHINGTON (AP) — A truce stopped the fighting in Korea that once threatened to spread into a world war whose outcome might have been decided by nuclear weapons. Sixty years later, the costs of the Korean War continue to mount even amid relative peace. Hostility lingers between the North and South and between the North and the United States, which still has no formal diplomatic relations with the communist nation in spite of the war’s end on July 27, 1953. That ongoing antagonism is rooted in the U.S. commitment to take a leading role in assisting the South should war break out again on the Korean Peninsula. Washington has tried for years to wean its ally off its dependence on the U.S. military by setting a target date for switching from American to Korean control of the forces that would defend the country in the event North Korea again attacked the South. That target date has slipped from 2012 to 2015 and, just this past week, SEE LEGACIES, PAGE A8
School’s closed, but free lunch helps area families Summer food programs serve hundreds of children BY AARON ORGAN aorgan@kpcmedia.com
For a child, summer brings freedom from the rigors of the school year, endless hours of splashing at the community pool and miles of peddling a bicycle. For some families, though, summer also brings about fear of how they’ll pull together a meal for a child who generally is served at school. Enter summer food programs. The Summer Food Service Program for Children was launched
in Indiana in 1975, created to serve children in the summer months when school meals are not traditionally available. More recently, a push was made to reignite the program to reach more children in need of balanced and nutritious meals. Today, schools with 50 percent or more of their students eligible for free or reduced-price meals qualify for the summer food service program. Children ages 1-18 can eat lunches at no charge through the program. In the counties of northeast Indiana, programs at local school districts serve hundreds of children each weekday. In some cases, without the program, children would not have a meal, officials say. “The majority of the children that come to these programs are children that would have gotten a free or reduced meal at school, so when school’s out, families struggle,” SEE FOOD SERVICE, PAGE A8
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From left, sisters Jasmine, 8, Valerie, 4, and Bella Martinez, 2, collect free lunches at the West Edge Mobile Home Park in Auburn. Summer food service programs feed hundreds of children during summer months, when school lunches are not served.