Republican Kimberly Cates, Kosciusko County Council member, will serve six days in jail and 359 days on probation after driving a vehicle while under the influence.

Cates pled guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated - endangering a person, a class A misdemeanor. A second misdemeanor OWI charge was dismissed as part of a plea agreement.

Cates was sentenced in Marshall County Superior Court on August 30, 2024.
She was sentenced to 365 days in the Kosciusko County Jail, with six days to be served in KCJ and 359 days on non-reporting probation.

Merner pleaded guilty to Wrongful Voting and Theft by Deception, both class A misdemeanors.

The Wrongful Voting complaint alleged that Mr. Merner knowingly made a false material statement regarding his qualifications as a voter to an election officer by misrepresenting his domicile for voting purposes while voting for an office or measure at the March 14, 2023, election in the Town of Lancaster.

Audrey Ann Southard-Rumsey, 54, of Spring Hill, Florida, was sentenced to 72 months in prison after she was found guilty of seven felony charges, including three counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, three counts of civil disorder, and one count of obstruction of an official proceeding.