Fisher's Sentence Modified
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Jason Fisher of Goshen was granted a modification of his prison term and will be allowed to serve the balance in the Elkhart County Work Release Program.
Fisher, 24, was sentenced Oct. 10 to four years in prison for burglary and 1-1/2 years for theft, with the terms ordered served concurrently. He was credited for time served while awaiting trial, and inmates in Indiana are given one day off their sentence for each day served on good behavior.
Fisher pleaded guilty to his part in a December 2000 burglary at Rice Ford in Warsaw, where more than $100,000 in vehicles were reported stolen.
Three other men were convicted of related crimes in connection with the auto thefts.
The auto theft ring was linked by officials to the murder of Kathy Vroman of Milford, who was believed shot to death inside Country Car Co., a Milford used-car business owned by Fisher.
Fisher spent nearly a year in the Kosciusko County Jail before telling authorities that his father, Ralph Fisher, was the actual gunman. The elder Fisher was acquitted of a murder charge against him during a March trial and, in exchange for his testimony during Ralph Fisher's trial, a murder charge against Jason Fisher was dismissed.
The sentence modification was granted last week by Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Rex Reed. With allowable credits, Fisher could be released from custody in less than a year. [[In-content Ad]]
Jason Fisher of Goshen was granted a modification of his prison term and will be allowed to serve the balance in the Elkhart County Work Release Program.
Fisher, 24, was sentenced Oct. 10 to four years in prison for burglary and 1-1/2 years for theft, with the terms ordered served concurrently. He was credited for time served while awaiting trial, and inmates in Indiana are given one day off their sentence for each day served on good behavior.
Fisher pleaded guilty to his part in a December 2000 burglary at Rice Ford in Warsaw, where more than $100,000 in vehicles were reported stolen.
Three other men were convicted of related crimes in connection with the auto thefts.
The auto theft ring was linked by officials to the murder of Kathy Vroman of Milford, who was believed shot to death inside Country Car Co., a Milford used-car business owned by Fisher.
Fisher spent nearly a year in the Kosciusko County Jail before telling authorities that his father, Ralph Fisher, was the actual gunman. The elder Fisher was acquitted of a murder charge against him during a March trial and, in exchange for his testimony during Ralph Fisher's trial, a murder charge against Jason Fisher was dismissed.
The sentence modification was granted last week by Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Rex Reed. With allowable credits, Fisher could be released from custody in less than a year. [[In-content Ad]]