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ALBION — A Kendallville man was sentenced Friday in Noble Circuit Court to serve six years in prison for dealing a narcotic drug. Cody C. Langley, 24, was convicted of dealing a Schedule II controlled substance, a Class B felony. Court records said Langley dealt oxycodone in the 500 block of South Main Street, Kendallville, on Sept. 11, 2012. Langley said he had received something legal from someone for free and was asked to deliver the oxycodone and make the payment. He said the money all went to the supplier. “I wasn’t profiting off this,” he said.
Defense attorney Richard Thonert said Langley isn’t as easily influenced now as he was at the time of the offense. The defendant also has a good job, he said. Thonert asked for a lengthy term of probation for Langley. The safeguard of probation would be, if Langley violates it, he’s going to jail, Thonert said. He added that a prison sentence would undercut the progress Langley has made. Noble County Prosecuting Attorney Steven Clouse said Langley came to the court with a troubling history of juvenile offenses from before he moved to Indiana. Also, Langley was selling an opiate, Clouse said. Illegal sales of prescription opiates are a major
problem in the region. Langley also was selling the drug with no interest in using it himself, Clouse said. “We don’t have a person who’s fueling an addiction,” he said. Clouse asked that Langley be sentenced to 10 years in prison, with eight to be served and two suspended and on probation. Circuit Judge G. David Laur said Langley was an admitted drug dealer. “I understand that somebody asked you to get the drugs. What I don’t understand is that you knew where to get them and you did go get them,” Laur said. Laur said probation and Community Corrections were not viable sentencing options for SEE DEAL, PAGE A8
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Cody C. Langley is escorted from the Noble County Courthouse Friday.
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A group of students in Impact Institute’s Auto Body and Repair program painted this 1930 Model A Ford for owner Mike Cearbaugh of Orland shown seated in the car. Students and instructors, from left, are: 2013 Eastside High School graduate Melody Compton, assistant instructor Chris Seely, 2013 East Noble High
School graduate Mariana Salazaar, Hamilton High School senior Taylor Ketchum, instructor Jose Gallo, Eastside High School senior Randy Westbrook, Hamilton High School senior Trevor Hicks and Eastside High School senior Kyle Franz, kneeling.
Impact Institute students paint Orland man’s hot rod BY DENNIS NARTKER dnartker@kpcmedia.net
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1950s. He thought about taking his car to a professional painter, but then heard about the Impact Institute’s auto body and repair program. “A friend of mine’s grandson was taking a class and told me about it,” he said. Cearbaugh discussed his car’s needs with the instructors and decided to trust the students with his hot rod. “I brought it over part by part after we had restored them, and the kids went to work,” said Cearbaugh. Mariana Salazaar, a 2013 East Noble graduate, led the student team that prepped and painted the
GENEVA (AP) — The top diplomats from the United States and Russia raised hopes Friday for reviving broad talks to end the long and deadly Syrian civil war, even as they struggled to deal with the most notorious part — the use of chemical weapons on civilians. The path to a U.N. resolution on securing those weapons seemed at least somewhat clearer, with the U.S. indicating it could accept an enforcement measure that didn’t threaten military retribution. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, leading talks in Geneva to defuse the crisis, both made clear that any prospects for restarting broad peace negotiations depended on first settling the standoff over the chemical weapons. They were to meet again Saturday. The U.S. has been seeking a U.N. Security Council resolution to solidify the turnover that Syrian President Bashar Assad has promised, including consequences if he doesn’t follow through. Addressing a difficult sticking point, administration officials said Friday that President Barack Obama was open to a resolution that did not include military force as a punishment, given that Russia would be all but certain to veto any measure including such a penalty. Even without a military trigger included in a U.N. resolution, the
KENDALLVILLE — “I’m thrilled. They did a beautiful job.” Mike Cearbaugh of Orland couldn’t stop smiling while looking over his canary yellow 1930 Ford Model A hot rod parked in the Impact Institute Auto Body and Repair Shop on East Dowling Street this week. He brought it back to show it again to the Impact Institute’s Auto Body and Repair program students, who worked on it last year, and the new students in the course. He wanted to thank everyone again. Instructor Jose Gallo praised his
students for their prep work and paint job on the historic car. “They worked very hard on this. Some came in on Saturdays. I’m proud of them,” Gallo said. Cearbaugh, who describes himself as a car buff, acquired the Model A in 1991 and worked on restoring it with his neighbor, Al Henderson off and on in recent years. He’s also working on a 1953 Ford flatbed truck and a 1952 Ford pickup truck. “All model A’s coming off the Ford assembly line in those days were black,” he said. Cearbaugh wanted a more flashy hot-rod look with painted flames that was popular in the
Taliban attack on U.S. Consulate kills 4 Afghans KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban attacked a U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan with car bombs and guns on Friday, killing at least four Afghans but failing to enter the compound or hurt any Americans. The attack in the city of Herat underscored concerns about an insurgency that shows no signs of letting up as U.S.-led troops reduce their presence ahead of a full withdrawal next year. Within hours of the assault, the U.S. temporarily evacuated many of its consular personnel to the embassy in Kabul, 650 kilometers
(400 miles) to the east. Herat lies near Afghanistan’s border with Iran and is considered one of the safer cities in the country, with a strong Iranian influence. Friday’s attack highlighted the Taliban’s reach: The militants once concentrated their activities in the east and the south, but in recent years have demonstrated an ability to strike with more frequency in the once-peaceful north and west. In a phone call, Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi took responsibility for the assault. An interpreter and three
members of the Afghan security forces were killed, said U.S. State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf. Seven militants, including two drivers of explosives-laden vehicles, also died, according to Gen. Rahmatullah Safi, Herat province’s chief of police. At least 17 people were wounded, said Herat hospital official Sayednaim Alemi. The attack began about 6 a.m. when militants in an SUV and a van set off their explosives while others on foot fired on Afghan security forces guarding the
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Consulate, Safi said. He said the militants were not able to breach the compound, where Americans live and work. Harf said the attackers fired rocket propelled grenades and that the compound’s front gate was extensively damaged in one of the bombings. Footage broadcast on Afghanistan’s Tolo television network showed Afghan police dragging away a badly bloodied man from the scene. Rubble and twisted pieces of metal lay strewn in a seemingly wide area near the consulate.
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