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INDIANAPOLIS — Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced that police agencies across the state will be stepping up enforcement to protect students going to and from school. Over the next couple of months, officers will be positioned along bus stops and routes watching for stop-arm violations and unsafe driving behavior.
Read MoreA Switz City woman on home detention was arrested yesterday after a Greene County Community Corrections Officer reported finding methamphetamine in her home.
Read MoreA Jasonville man was arrested last Monday in Jasonville after an officer attempted to pull him over because he didn’t have a license plate on his vehicle. The driver failed to stop when the officer hit the lights and sirens.
Read MoreA driver has been charged with OVWI after she was found unconscious behind the wheel of her vehicle that was still running while stopped in the southbound lane of SR 157 north of Bloomfield last Friday.
Read MoreThe Monroe County Sheriff’s Department is reporting an increase in thefts of catalytic converters over the last year. Today they issued a statement that MCSD wants Monroe County residents and business owners to be aware of this ongoing criminal activity. In the last 12 months, MCSD deputies have taken nearly 70 reports of catalytic converter thefts.
Read MoreAn Indianapolis woman, formerly from Worthington, who was arrested during a domestic dispute west of Worthington last year, was arrested last week at the same location for allegedly violating a protective order.
Read MoreA Linton man, arrested last Saturday night and charged with possession of methamphetamine, allegedly admitted to a deputy that he had a little bit in his pocket.
Read MoreWhen a Linton man appeared in court this morning, he got upset and used unacceptable language directed at the judge. That did not go well for him.
Read MoreYesterday, a story was posted on GreeneStreets about a Bloomfield man accused of walking into a yard late at night on March 6, with no reason to be there, then walking up onto a back porch and peering into a residence through a window. On Monday, the same suspect was arrested in Bloomington after being identified through video surveillance footage. He’s accused of a break-in and assault on a woman who was asleep and woke to find him in her bedroom, and other break-ins in Bloomington. In this story, the GreeneStreets story is reposted followed by this morning’s story in the Herald-Times of Bloomington by Laura Lane, reprinted with permission.
Read MoreTwo Linton men were arrested on drug charges after they were stopped in Linton because their vehicle drove left of center and had a headlight out.
Read MoreAfter an LPD K9 alerted to the presence of drugs in a vehicle during a traffic stop, an officer found methamphetamine and the driver was arrested.
Read MoreLInton Police Chief Paul Clark wants to remind Linton residents that the city’s tornado sirens will be tested at 10:30 a.m. today, Wednesday, March 17.
Read MoreVigo County - On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at approximately 4:27 p.m., Indiana State Trooper Gerald Stump was patrolling in the western part of Vigo County. While patrolling, he observed Jillian H. Anderson, age 18, of West Terre Haute, operating a red Jeep Cherokee.
Read MoreWhen deputies arrived on the scene of a crash early last Saturday, the vehicle was off the road and unoccupied. They found the driver about 40 yards away in the woods, unconscious.
Read MoreWhen a driver was found unresponsive in a running vehicle that was in gear with all doors locked, he had one foot on the gas and one on the brake. Bystanders and a Greene County sheriff’s deputy could not get him to respond. The deputy broke a window.
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