POLICE NEWS: Former Goshen man gets two years in federal prison
Sep. 13—SOUTH BEND — A man previously living in Goshen was sentenced to two years in federal prison for illegally entering the country.
Jose De Leon Medina, 39, of Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to illegal reentry of a removed alien and failure to register as a sex offender.
Living in Elkhart at the time, De Leon Medina was accused of sexually touching a child around 12 years old or younger at different times from approximately April through October 2016. In December 2019, he was sentenced by plea agreement a total of five years at the Indiana Department of Corrections and five years of probation for child molesting, a Level 3 felony; and child molesting, a Level 4 felony.
The conviction required him to register as a sex offender. After De Leon Medina completed his sentence of imprisonment for the crime, he was removed from the United States to Mexico.
But two months later, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials learned that De Leon Medina had illegally reentered the United States, was living in Goshen and had failed to register as a sex offender.
De Leon Medina was sentenced to 24 months in prison for the most recent charges.
This case was investigated by U.S, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jerome W. McKeever.
A man was hospitalized on Friday afternoon following a crash on C.R. 17.
According to Elkhart County deputies, Terry Sauer, 67, of Goshen, was travelling south on C.R. 17 at Ind. 119 in a 2015 Ford F-150 when he rear ended a 2011 Ford Escape driven by Brandon Hyndman, 33, of Goshen, that was stopped at the red light, pushing the Escape into the intersection.
Hyndman was transported to Elkhart General Hospital for treatment of neck and back pain.
HIT-AND-RUN
Deborah Nolte reported to Elkhart County deputies at 4:30 p.m. Thursday being involved in a crash in the 25000 block of C.R. 20 where the other driver left the scene.
A 31-year-old man was arrested by Goshen police at 12:26 a.m. Thursday on charges of resisting law enforcement in a vehicle and on foot, operating a vehicle while intoxicated with priors, driving while suspended with priors, false informing, refusal to identify and possession of paraphernalia after police attempted to pull him over on a motorcycle for disregarding a stop sign at North Fifth Street and East Clinton Street.
—A 43-year-old man was arrested by Elkhart County deputies at 9 p.m. Thursday on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated — endangerment after he was stopped in the 70000 block of C.R. 23.
A woman reported to Goshen police at 9:52 p.m. Thursday that an intimate image of her teenage son was possibly being distributed.
A 62-year-old man reported to Elkhart County deputies that between Sept. 5-11 someone stole $6,500 worth of items from his home in the 23000 block of C.R. 18 in Elkhart.
