Hummel Brothers Receive Sentence in Starke Circuit Court

Jonathan Hummel
Nathan Hummel

Thursday was a busy day in the Starke Circuit Court, as several sentences were handed down by Judge Kim Hall.

After pleading guilty on April 23 to several charges stemming from an armed robbery incident at the Knox CVS Pharmacy on December 20, 2010, Jonathan and Nathan Hummel received their sentences in court.

Jonathan Hummel was sentenced to 30-and-a-half years in the Department of Corrections as per a plea agreement in which he pleaded guilty to Dealing in a Narcotic Drug as a Class A felony; Robbery as a Class B felony; Aiding, Inducing, or Causing a Robbery as a Class B felony, and Criminal Mischief as a Class D felony. A separate cause was dismissed and all pending cases in Knox City Court were dismissed. Hummel is required to pay $2946.13 for damages to a police squad car, and $11,924 in restitution to the Knox CVS.

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Verdict Rendered in Trial of James Ritenour III

James Ritenour III

A Starke County jury took just one hour to decide verdicts in the case of James Ritenour III.

The one-day trial occurred Wednesday in Starke Circuit Court and a 12 member jury found James Ritenour III not guilty on charges of Battery with a Deadly Weapon, a Class C Felony, and Criminal Recklessness, a Class D Felony. He was found guilty on two counts of Intimidation, as Class D Felonies, and one count of Interference with Reporting a Crime, a Class A Misdemeanor.

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Case Against James Ritenour III Goes to Trial This Morning

James Ritenour III

James Ritenour III is scheduled to go to trial for charges stemming from an incident in which he allegedly attacked his mother. Ritenour was being held in the Starke County Jail under $100,000 bond after his mother told police that he put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her after she questioned him regarding a malfunctioning microwave.

Jayne Ritenour told police that she was thrown to the floor and stomped on, but she stayed in the home because she was too scared to attempt to leave, thinking her son would attack her again. In the morning, she snuck out of the home and went to Kerby’s Corner Gas Station where she was able to contact police.

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James Ritenour III Arrested after an Alleged Battery Incident

James Ritenour III

James Ritenour III is being held in the Starke County Jail under $100,000 bond in a case that involves his mother. Jayne Ritenour told police that her son battered her and threatened her life last Sunday evening. The incident happened, according to the mother, in her home at 5620 S. 700 E. in Knox.

The mother and son were involved in an altercation that stemmed from a malfunctioning microwave oven. Jayne Ritenour said when she returned home from church she noticed the microwave was in her words “messed up”. When she questioned her son he reportedly put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her.

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