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An 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 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 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.
Read MoreAfter several officers responded to a report that a naked man, covered in blood, was screaming, yelling and banging on things in Bloomfield, the man was taken into custody and given medical attention. Since then, he’s been arrested and charged with several counts including unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
Read MoreA car crashed into a house last Tuesday in the Solsberry area, causing significant damage. The driver did not have a valid driver’s license and has never had a valid driver’s license. The car had a fictitious license plate. The driver showed signs of impairment, was taken to jail and has been charged with OVWI.
Read MoreThe Indiana Supreme Court handed down an Order Suspending Jury Trials statewide until March 1, 2021, citing the need for drastic measures as COVID-19 continues to surge. In-person jury trials pose an exceptional risk to everyone involved—even if every precaution is taken.
Read MoreA mother has been charged with felony neglect of a child diagnosed with “failure to thrive.” An investigator from the prosecutor’s office alleges the seriously underweight child would lose weight when in the mother’s care but gain in the care of a hospital or the father. A physician suggested “failure to thrive” could be “failure to feed.”
Read MoreWhen a driver from Linton allegedly pulled out in front of a school bus east of Bloomfield on Tuesday, almost causing a collision, a law enforcement officer was a witness.
Read MoreWhen WPD officers responded to a loud verbal argument in Worthington on Tuesday, a man walked out of a house carrying what later turned out to be a quantity of marijuana. He ended up in jail.
Read MoreA Linton man who overturned his vehicle on a steep grade near the top of Carbody Hill was not injured but he was arrested by a Conservation Officer who reported the man tested with a BAC of .178.
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