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NDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council is announcing the host locations of the 10 High Tech Crime Units that will be established and available to assist all of Indiana’s prosecutors with the processing of digital evidence. Thanks to legislation enacted during the 2021 session, IPAC was able to fund 10 regional hubs, geographically located throughout the state to cover all 92 counties.
Read MoreA woman called 911 last week and said a man with a knife was trying to break into her home. When a Bloomfield officer arrived, the man was standing on the steps, and there was a knife stuck in the door.
Read MoreOWEN COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces our maintenance crews will be replacing two pipe structures on State Road 157 located just north of S.R. 48 and south of Coal City on Wednesday, November 10 and Friday, November 12, weather permitting. This work should begin around 7:30 a.m. and close the road until approximately 3 p.m. Our crew will direct traffic around a short detour.
Read MoreWhen deputies arrived to arrest a rural Bloomfield woman on a warrant, they found her hiding under a bed and they arrested another person in the residence on drug charges.
Read MoreA driver allegedly involved in a hit and run crash in Linton in late October was apprehended later the same day in Clay County. At the time of his arrest, he denied hitting another vehicle but when he went to court last week, he entered into a verbal plea agreement.
Read MoreGreene County - Last night, Indiana State Police Senior Trooper Richard Klun, was dispatched to conduct a welfare check on a female in Bloomfield after she had left her home in Southern Indiana and was traveling to Fort Wayne. The investigation revealed that the female received a phone call from two men who identified themselves as law enforcement officers. The men falsely asserted criminal legal action towards the female unless she traveled to Fort Wayne to exchange monetary funds for her fine.
Read MoreAfter a three-month-old child was airlifted to Riley Hospital last week suffering from fractured ribs and multiple brain bleeds due to severe head trauma that doctors believed was not “accidental” but was “inflicted” upon the child, a detective from the Indiana State Police and a family case manager from the Department of Child Services responded to investigate. A 19-year-old rural Linton man is now in jail and has been charged with neglect and battery that resulted in serious bodily injury.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that COVID-19 vaccination appointments for Hoosiers ages 5-11 can now be scheduled by visiting www.ourshot.in.gov or calling 211 or (866) 211-9966.
Read MoreA cashier at a store in Bloomfield is accused of theft from her employer by issuing fraudulent refunds to herself when no customers were around her register. She was arrested Monday after an investigation by the Bloomfield Town Marshal.
Read MoreA special prosecutor was appointed this week to supervise the ongoing investigation into a possible misuse of funds from Linton Lodge #105 Fraternal Order of Police and to make the decision whether or not to file criminal charges.
Read MoreBloomfield, Indiana – Amber Spicer has been named as the Director of the Greene County Court Appointed Special Advocate (“CASA”) Program, a program that recruits, trains and supports community volunteers to advocate for children that are wards of the State and their families.
Read MoreThree people were injured in a crash involving two vehicles shortly before 5 p.m. Friday on State Road 54 west of Linton at Atlas Road/County Road 1375 West.
Read MoreTwo teens were injured in a head-on crash earlier this evening (Friday) on the White River Bridge north of Newberry.
Read MoreA Tuesday morning driver headed south on State Road 57 south of Worthington was stopped for speeding north of the Lighthouse Junction by a state trooper who reported finding marijuana and paraphernalia in the vehicle.
Read MoreA driver cited for passing a WRV school bus, with stop arm activated and red lights flashing, allegedly said he didn’t know he had to stop for the flashing red lights.
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