Woman, 19, admits role in trashing area school

Courts

A 75-year-old man was sentenced Friday in Allen Superior Court to 45 years in prison after being convicted of multiple counts of child molesting.Saturday

DNA on gun brings bank-heist arrest

Three months after a group of men robbed the PNC bank branch on Coventry Lane, one man is in custody and facing federal charges.Friday

Duo confesses to gun shop hold-up

Two Fort Wayne men admitted to robbing a New Haven gun shop, each pleading guilty in U.S. District Court last week to robbery and using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.Thursday

A 19-year-old woman admitted Friday to causing thousands of dollars in damage to Monroeville Elementary.

Kalie C. Keller, of the 1700 block of East Tillman Road, pleaded guilty in Allen Superior Court to criminal mischief. An additional charge of burglary will be dismissed at sentencing in September.

Along with Keller, Allen County prosecutors charged Ian Fifer, 20, Lance Wenger, 20, and John Hamrick, 19, with breaking into the school last fall. The group is accused of spray-painting the inside of the building, smashing electronics items, using fire extinguishers and destroying other school property, court papers said.

Damage was estimated at $11,400. The other court cases are pending.

The school closed at the end of the 2010-11 school year as part of East Allen County School’s redesign plan.