Whitley County builder faces theft and other charge for unfinished barndominium

WHITLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- It was to be a “barn-style structure” built on a rural piece of property on North 650 East in Churubusco.But the barndominium featuring a burnished slate roof and clay exterior, designed to be 48 feet wide and 72 feet long with 14-foot ceilings, is an unfinished work of art.The couple who contracted Larry Hilty, owner of Hilty Buildings, LLC, on West Plaza in Columbia City, paid more than $100,000 on the project’s total price of about $117,00