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A Bloomfield man is accused of walking into a yard late at night with no reason to be there, then walking up onto a back porch and peering into a residence through a window.
Read MoreIndiana Conservation Officers are investigating the killing of a bald eagle in southern Vigo County.
Read MoreAccording to a Linton police officer, a Jasonville man, arrested last week for shoplifting from a Linton store, has been convicted of theft in four previous cases in Greene County.
Read MoreA Linton teen, who was arrested in January then again early in March, was arrested yet again last Friday for allegedly violating the terms of his release on bond.
Read MoreCharges were filed against a man who allegedly intimidated and battered a woman in Jasonville last fall and a summons was issued, but he was a no-show at his initial hearing in January and a warrant was issued for his arrest. At some point he landed in jail in another county and last Friday, he was transferred into the Greene County Jail.
Read MoreIndianapolis – Acting U.S. Attorney John Childress announced Friday that Buster Hernandez was sentenced to 75 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt. Hernandez used sextortion and made death threats to at least 375 minor victims and he threatened to use explosive devices at Plainfield and Danville high schools. A list of usernames Hernandez used to communicate with victims is included in this story and anyone who believes they may have been a victim of sextortion by Hernandez is asked to contact the Indianapolis FBI Office.
Read MoreIndianapolis, Ind. - Two women were taken to jail Saturday after getting caught allegedly stealing catalytic converters from disabled vehicles along Indianapolis area interstates. According to the Indiana State Police, the theft of catalytic converters from abandoned vehicles along central Indiana interstates is not uncommon and they are reminding motorists to only leave a vehicle abandoned if absolutely necessary and return to get it as soon as possible.
Read MoreWhite County – Yesterday evening, around 8:20 p.m., Indiana State Police Radio Region One Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call of a vehicle traveling at approximately 5 mph on Interstate 65 northbound near the 189 mile-marker, in the right lane. An off-duty Jasper County Deputy located the vehicle near the 189 MM and attempted to make a traffic stop.
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 MoreA lengthy investigation conducted by Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement Section (DES) detectives and Troopers of the ISP Bloomington District A.C.E.S. concluded with an arrest for dealing methamphetamine and an almost half-pound of methamphetamine was seized. The Indiana State Police had obtained information that Darrell Cox, 56, was dealing large amounts of methamphetamine in multiple counties.
Read MoreWhen ISP troopers stopped a truck near the Sharkey Curve Tuesday night, they smelled marijuana and found methamphetamine in the truck.
Read MoreTwo men from Jasonville, who both said they didn’t know there was anything illegal in their vehicle, were arrested during a traffic stop in Linton early Thursday morning.
Read MoreA Sandborn driver told an officer he had not yet consumed the Crown Royal drink that was sitting in the cup holder, but the officer found meth in the truck and the driver still ended up in jail.
Read MoreA Linton woman, accused of dealing large quantities of methamphetamine in both Greene and Sullivan counties, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with four suspended, when she appeared in Greene Superior Court earlier this afternoon.
Read MoreWhen police located a Jasonville driver suspected of backing into another vehicle parked near the Greene County Courthouse last month, the driver did not have a valid driver’s license. He’s being summoned to appear in court in mid-April.
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