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A Switz City man was arrested early Wednesday after deputies responded to a domestic incident that allegedly involved threats of torture, strangulation and criminal confinement.
Read MoreBloomington, IN - Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas G. Carter has announced the transfer of Sergeant Michael Wood from the Indiana State Police Academy to the Bloomington State Police Post to serve as the new Public Information Officer.
Read MoreAllegedly spent stolen funds from a Kentucky investor on Ferraris, horses, Rolex watches, and escorts…. Indianapolis – Acting United States Attorney John E. Childress announced today that Daniel R. Fruits, 46, of Greenwood, Indiana, was charged by a federal grand jury for his alleged role in three separate fraud schemes, including a nearly $14 million fraud on an investor, an attempted mortgage fraud, and a vehicle title-washing scheme.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute is providing 52 Indiana law enforcement agencies with a new roadside tool to identify and keep drug-impaired drivers off the road. The device, called the SoToxa Mobile Test System, is a handheld analyzer that uses an oral fluid swab to detect the presence of six kinds of drugs: cocaine, methamphetamine, opiates, cannabis (THC), amphetamine and benzodiazepines. Officers will begin using the devices in the field this month in response to the emergence of drugged driving taking place in the state and nationwide.
Read MoreDuring a traffic stop in Bloomfield in mid-November, a man with a criminal case already pending against him was found to be in possession of an unknown substance. It was sent to a lab. The results came back this week.
Read MoreAn employee is accused of crediting money from several return transactions to his personal debit card. When the employer discovered the questionable transactions, they called the police and the employee is facing a preliminary charge of theft.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – Huntington County Prosecutor Amy Richison has been elected president of the Association of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys, Inc. for 2021, and Greene County Prosecutor Jarrod Holtsclaw has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors.
Read MoreDaviess County - On December 15, 2020, at approximately 7:19 p.m., Trooper Ross Johnson was patrolling Interstate 69 in Daviess County. At this time Trooper Johnson observed a southbound vehicle near the 69 mile marker at a high rate of speed.
Read MoreBloomington – The Bloomington State Police Post will be increasing patrols during this upcoming holiday season, as part of the winter Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over national enforcement mobilization. Now until January 1, troopers will be looking for impaired drivers and those drivers and passengers not buckling up.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (December 16, 2020): Chief Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson today issued a General Order that suspends in-person jury trials in all divisions of the Southern District of Indiana until at least March 1, 2021.
Read MoreWhen an Indiana Conservation Officer came upon a hunter in a stand with mineral blocks and a corn feeder nearby, he issued a citation. The hunter has a court date in the morning.
Read MoreFor the week ending Dec. 5, 26,910 initial unemployment claims were filed with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, a number likely inflated by the rise in fraudulent attempts to file UI claims. Indiana and many other states continue to combat the increase amid new and emerging fraud schemes and across the state, more Hoosier employees are reporting their identities having been stolen to file even more claims. DWD is working closely with the Indiana State Police, U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General, FBI, Secret Service and the Indiana Attorney General’s Office, as well as several banking partners, to ensure appropriate prosecution and recovery of funds where possible, once identity theft is discovered.
Read MoreThe Greene County Sheriff’s Department is asking for information from the public about a burglary that occurred earlier this month at the Hendricksville Community Center in eastern Greene County. A Bobcat on a trailer that belonged to the Eastern Volunteer Fire Department was stolen and GCSD has been investigating.
Greene County Sheriff’s Detective David Elmore said when Eastern Fire Chief Brandon Eads arrived at the Hendricksville fire station on Tuesday, December 8, he saw the fire department’s Bobcat was missing along with a trailer and other equipment.
Det. Elmore reported the burglary occurred sometime between Thursday, December 3, and Tuesday, December 8.
Stolen items included a 2019 3400 side-by-side Bobcat, a Diamond C 12 x 77 trailer, and approximately $8,415 worth of first responder equipment.
According to Det. Elmore, the total value of all items stolen amounts to $27,700.
Anyone with information about this incident or the whereabouts of any of these items should call GCSD Dispatch at 812-384-4411 or contact any law enforcement agency.
Read MoreBack in May, a Worthington man was charged with a serious crime, child molesting, a Level 1 felony. As the case made its way toward a trial, it came to light that another Worthington man, who was a witness to the alleged crime, had lied. The felony case has since been dismissed. Yesterday a warrant for the arrest of the witness was issued.
Read MoreA Linton woman arrested earlier this month has been charged with battery, trespassing and residential entry as well as operating a vehicle while intoxicated after officers responded to a domestic. She was also arrested and charged last spring in another domestic disturbance.
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