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Devan Filchak

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Devan Filchak | The Journal Gazette

    Allen County police officer's job at stake over comments about officer-involved shootings (opens the original)

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    The Allen County sheriff has asked for a corporal to be fired after reports that he made violent and inappropriate comments, including about a fatal shooting he was involved in. Cpl. Ben Fries, who has worked for the Allen County Sheriff’s Department for 15 years, has allegedly made statements about violence, had “unbecoming and immoral” conduct, Sheriff Troy Hershberger said in the petition filed Monday with the Allen County Sheriff Merit Board. The issues were reported by multiple cowor

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Devan Filchak | The Journal Gazette

    Jurors find Fort Wayne man guilty of murder for girlfriend's homicide (opens the original)

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    A 55-year-old man faces up to 85 years in prison after jurors on Friday found him guilty of murder for the shooting that killed his girlfriend. Reginald Brooks of Fort Wayne was also found guilty of a sentencing enhancement for using a gun to commit the crime. He was charged in her death one day after 50-year-old Sajdah Abdur-Rabb was killed in the 2200 block of Dunkelberg Road. She died Jan. 30, 2025, of a gunshot wound to her torso. When police arrived, a teen met them after exiting the home t

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Devan Filchak | The Journal Gazette

    Fort Wayne man sentenced to 3 years in prison, 2 on probation for Pikes Pub battery (opens the original)

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    A Fort Wayne man was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for his part in an assault that injured a man at Pikes Pub more than a year ago. Douglas Zuber, 67, pleaded guilty to battery resulting in serious bodily injury and criminal recklessness in May by entering an agreement that included dismissing a criminal organization activity charge and notice of intent to seek criminal gang enhancement. Zuber is one of six men accused of beating James Simmons while some yelled racial slurs on May 30

  4. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Devan Filchak | The Journal Gazette

    Judge: Murder charges back on the table for Fort Wayne man after testimony (opens the original)

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    Prosecutors are preparing to move forward with a trial after withdrawing a plea agreement that would have dismissed a Fort Wayne man’s murder charges. Donavon Gonzalez, 20, lost the agreement because he “did not testify truthfully and that his testimony materially differed from statements he previously provided,” Chief Counsel Tesa Helge said in a motion filed Friday. The move came two days after Dairyon Cortez McClendon, 21, was found guilty of all charges: murder, felony murder, robbery

  5. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Devan Filchak | The Journal Gazette

    Google seeks 228 more emergency generators for Fort Wayne data center campus (opens the original)

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    Google is asking to modify its air quality permit, allowing it to add more than 220 additional emergency generators to the Fort Wayne data center campus. This is Google’s third air permit application. It will be filed this week with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management by Hatchworks LLC, a spokesperson said Monday in an email. Google has said it expects to invest $2 billion in its long-range plans that include 12 buildings on an 892-acre site bordered by Adams Center and Tillman

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