Former Indiana Sheriff charged with 25 felonies, 2023

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I'll try to update this as quickly as possible. This case is evolving rapidly and it appears the investigation is widening. Help appreciated with actual links as there are many.

This case involves alleged corruption in the millions of dollars.

 
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Ok. Thats $1.5m so at least another $1.5m to find. I cannot see vehicles making that amount and he has passed all the vehicles back to the Fire Dept anyway right? Where will he get the money from to repay the rest?
 
Ok. Thats $1.5m so at least another $1.5m to find. I cannot see vehicles making that amount and he has passed all the vehicles back to the Fire Dept anyway right? Where will he get the money from to repay the rest?
He had A LOT of classic/luxury vehicles.
 
According to this there are/were up to 130 vehicles possibly !!!!

Are you going to the auction? You could grab a bargain.


From the article -

"This includes nearly two dozen cars taken from Noel’s barn, among them a 1974 Cadillac ambulance.

A search at his home also turned up more than $50,000 in cash c2,000 in a safe in the basement.

In the 2023 Dodge Durango Noel drove to the pole barn the day the warrants were served, investigators found another $6,000 in cash and two cell phones — one they say had been factory reset just before they took possession.

In the car’s visor, they found a paper that appeared to be a list of vehicles Noel was trading for a dump truck. They called a local dealer who confirmed Noel had taken possession of a 2022 Chevrolet 5500 Silverado dump truck with a deal to trade several vehicles for it.

Police also took vehicles from a pole barn belonging to Noel’s daughter, including a 2024 box truck and a Kubota 4x4 mule, which they say belonged to his daughter but had a key with a tag indicating it belonged to Utica/New Chapel.

Attorneys for Noel and his wife have filed documents in court arguing that the warrants did not list all of the property that was ultimately seized. At least two cars misidentified as belonging to the Utica department have been returned to Noel.

Investigators found records of more than 130 vehicles registered to the Utica department or New Chapel, including some on a list they say “appeared inconsistent with a not-for-profit fire department and EMS business.”


According to a 2020 tax audit by the Indiana State Board of Accounts, the Utica Township Volunteer Firefighters Association only listed six vehicles in their inventory, valued at around $2.1 million. Investigators say in court records that list “fails to document the additional 127 vehicles registered with the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.” "
 
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I remember him on 60 days in.... and just thinking..... I don't know about this guy.... and I don't even know him!!!
 
His daughter was sentenced under a plea agreement a few days ago. I think there were at least 6 counts and she was sentenced on each count between 4 and 5 months, some to run concurrently and some consecutively.

Video from court.

 

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