Heather N Beltran v. State of Indiana

── Heather N Beltran v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02999 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Lieutenant Nathaniel Stahl of the Kendallville Police Department was on patrol on the morning of December 25, 2023, when he came across a parked vehicle near the entrance of a mobile home park in Noble County. Lt. Stahl ran the “very weathered and obstructed” temporary license plate through Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ (“BMV”) records. Tr. Vol. 2 at 111. The BMV records connected the license plate to a car with an expired registration not matching the make and model of the parked vehicle. Because the parked vehicle was unoccupied, Lt.