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COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Columbus Police Department showed their sense of humor yesterday when they tweeted out a photo of $14,000 worth of THC juice, inviting the owner to come in and claim it. It had been mailed to the wrong house. THC vape juice is a liquid form of marijuana. Tweet from CPD:
Read MoreSULLIVAN COUNTY - This morning (Tuesday, May 22) at approximately 10:15, Indiana State Police, with assistance from the Humane Society of Sullivan County, served a Sullivan Superior Court search warrant at 4220 Pine Street in Paxton … investigators and humane society workers located 26 dogs, one rabbit, and two deceased animals (decomposition too significant to determine animal type) from the various buildings on the property.
Read MoreHAMILTON COUNTY - Indiana Conservation Officers have filed charges in Hamilton County against a man who shot a three-legged deer in January 2017. Local residents of Deming had frequently spotted the doe for several years, as it raised several sets of fawns. Local deer hunters had formed a pact to leave the deer alone.
Read MoreMONROE COUNTY - Indiana Conservation Officers arrested a male and female Tuesday on multiple charges in Monroe County.
Read MoreVIGO COUNTY - Officer Robert Shawn “Rob” Pitts, 45, was killed in the line of duty on Friday May 4, 2018, in Terre Haute. He was a 16-year veteran of the Terre Haute Police Department and prior to that was a six-year veteran of the Sullivan City Police Department. Rob was born June 16, 1972, in Vincennes, Ind. to George G. Pitts and Barbara Lynn (Pirtle) Pitts.
Read MoreVIGO COUNTY — An autopsy was completed Saturday, May 5, on fallen Terre Haute Police Officer Rob Pitts. The autopsy was performed by Pathologist Dr. Roland Kohr at Terre Haute Regional Hospital.
Read MoreVIGO COUNTY - Late Saturday morning, Public Information Officer Ryan Adamson of the Terre Haute Police Department released the name of the THPD's fallen officer saying, "We are sad to report that Patrolman Rob Pitts #196…
Read MoreVIGO COUNTY — Indiana State Police detectives and crime scene investigators are currently investigating the death of a veteran Terre Haute Police Officer and a homicide suspect during an exchange of gunfire at an apartment building on Linwood Street in the Garden Quarter Apartment Complex, south side of Terre Haute, at approximately 6:32 last evening (Friday).
Read MoreThe Vigo County EMA and Sheriff's Office announced its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle program became operational on Sunday, April 29. The team consists of personnel from the emergency management agency, sheriff's office, 911, local firefighters, and volunteers with the EMA communications group. The three aircraft are equipped with both high-resolution and thermal imagery cameras. The team is available to assist public safety agencies in Vigo County as well as surrounding counties in Indiana and Illinois in all aspects of public safety functions.
Read MorePutnam County—On Monday afternoon, April 30, at 12:45 p.m., an Indiana State Police trooper from the Drug Enforcement Section stopped a Freightliner tractor pulling a box trailer for an equipment violation eastbound Interstate 70 near the 41 mile marker.
Read MorePUTNAM COUNTY —Today, Sunday, April 29, Indiana State Police Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators, along with Putnam County Coroner Dave Brown, returned to the scene near Van Bibber Lake where skeletal human remains were found at 12:46 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, 2018.
Read MorePUTNAM COUNTY — Indiana State Police Criminal Investigation Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators from the Putnamville Post, along with the Putnam County Coroner’s Office, are currently investigating the discovery of what appears to be human skeletal remains in the Van Bibber Lake area of northwestern Putnam County.
Read MoreBLOOMINGTON – Troopers at the Bloomington Post stayed busy over the Little 500 Weekend, documenting 22 OWI’s and nearly 100 criminal arrests, 20 of which were felonies. Troopers handed out hundreds of traffic citations…
Read MoreKNOX COUNTY – On Thursday, April 12, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Indiana State Police and the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force arrested Bicknell Police Lieutenant Kevin Carroll, 47, for Official Misconduct and Criminal Recklessness.
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