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UPDATE POSTED to this story: An area basketball coach is accused of public intoxication in a case filed in Clay Superior Court on Jan. 6 following an incident that took place on Dec. 31.
Read MoreAn area basketball coach is accused of public intoxication in a case filed in Clay Superior Court on Jan. 6 following an incident that took place on Dec. 31.
Read MoreClay County - Detectives from the Indiana State Police Putnamville Post have been requested by Sheriff Paul Harden of the Clay County Sheriff’s Department to investigate a shooting that took place on December 3, 2021, at approximately 10:00 a.m., near State Road 59 at County Road 1250 South, just south of Clay City. Clay County Deputy Brison Swearingen was injured - he was allegedly shot by Joe Hofmann from Jasonville.
Read MoreA Clay County Sheriff's Deputy was shot in the lower leg around 10 a.m. this morning while attempting to serve a warrant near Clay City. His name has not been released but he is a 17-year veteran. His injury was described as non-life threatening. He was airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital for medical treatment. According to Sgt. Matt Ames of the Indiana State Police, they have a suspect and they believe they know the area where he is located. All resources are being used to apprehend the suspect.
Read MoreClay County - At approximately 12:45 a.m., Indiana State Police Master Trooper Todd Brown observed a motorcycle with an expired license plate at County Road 300 West and County Road 1350 North in Clay County.
Read MoreClay County - The suspect in the officer-involved shooting on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Clay County has been placed under arrest. Marion Tanner Joseph Haywood, 23, Owensburg, Indiana, was released from Regional Hospital in Terre Haute early Wednesday afternoon and was taken into custody by the Indiana State Police upon his release.
Read MoreA Greene County man wanted by the Linton Police Department for questioning in a burglary case, also wanted on a Monroe County warrant issued in a case of criminal confinement and battery with a deadly weapon, was the suspect transported to a hospital in an officer-involved shooting incident early this morning, around 3 a.m., in Clay County. In a recent request issued by LPD for information from the public about Haywood’s whereabouts, the LPD said Haywood should be considered “armed and dangerous.”
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