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The 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 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 MorePorter County - On March 9, 2021, at 7:00 a.m., Master Trooper Lawrence McFarrin observed a white Chevrolet Impala traveling westbound on I-94 near the 26 mile-marker (Chesterton exit). Tpr. McFarrin subsequently paced the vehicle traveling nearly 125 mph as it was weaving in and out of traffic.
Read MoreSullivan County - On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at approximately 6:45 a.m., officers from the Indiana State Police and Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department responded to a single vehicle crash on State Road 58 near County Road 275 West. One 16-year-old was ejected from the vehicle and taken to a hospital in Indy via Lifeline.
Read MoreAt least 11 inmates were injured in a fight at the Marion County Jail in Indianapolis when the facility lost power in the early morning hours of Monday, February 22.
Read MoreIndiana Conservation Officers are investigating a fire that damaged or destroyed twenty-two boats at Hoosier Hills Marina located at Patoka Lake in Dubois County.
Read MoreOrange County - The Indiana State Police (Jasper Post) and Paoli Police Department are working a shooting that took place yesterday, February 17, 2021, at Walmart in Paoli. Two individuals are wanted for questioning in the shooting.
Read MoreOn Thursday, January 14th, Indiana State Police troopers from the Bloomington District concluded a lengthy investigation into reports of child solicitation. The investigation culminated in the arrest of five people, who were residing in four different counties across the state, on charges of Child Solicitation, a Level 4 Felony.
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 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 MoreThe family of Adam John Lee has been notified that Lee’s remains have been positively identified.
Read MoreLee’s mother, from Greene County, has been notified that investigators believe they have located Lee’s body and the family is now awaiting confirmation pending official identification through dental records.
Read MoreAdam John Lee, 30, of Broxton, Georgia, has been missing since May 20 and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Coffee County Sheriff’s Department have issued a request for information from the public.
According to Lee’s mother, Lee formerly resided in Greene County, spending growing up years here and also living here as an adult. Lee was residing in Georgia at the time of his disappearance.
The GBI says Lee has ties in several counties in Georgia, but also lists Indiana. The Indiana ties are close family ties and friends from Greene County.
Read MoreSouthern Indiana - Late last night, a Freedom man was involved in a pursuit through two counties that resulted in a crash which claimed the life of a police officer from the City of Charlestown in southern Indiana.
Read MoreMonroe County - Troopers from the Indiana State Police Bloomington Post will be conducting various OWI Patrols along with a sobriety check point at an undisclosed location in Monroe County on Friday, August 31st, then into Saturday morning, September 1st, 2018.
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