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On Thursday, during an initial hearing, bond was set for a woman charged with meth possession and identity deception - $12,500 surety with ten percent allowed. But even if she posts the $1,250 cash in Greene County, she’s wanted on three other warrants out of Monroe County, in cases involving felony forgery, felony drug possession and a misdemeanor theft.
Read MoreA rural Bloomfield man, accused of lying in wait with a gun to ambush and kill law enforcement officers, was charged with intimidation when he appeared in Greene Superior Court last week.
Read MoreUpdate at 10:03 p.m. Sunday: The Indiana State Police Silver Alert 028-2018 issued on Saturday, June 9, 2018 on Robert Kennedy has been cancelled as of Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 10:03 pm….. It’s been well over 24 hours since Robert Kennedy Jr. went missing and the Linton Police Department is continuing to actively investigate and attempt to find Mr. Kennedy as soon as possible. Late Sunday afternoon, LPD Police Chief Troy Jerrell said, “We now know more than we did. We know he’s not been in this area.”
Read MoreAt 6:46 p.m. on Saturday, the Indiana State Police issued a press release stating that a statewide Silver Alert has been declared, repeating, a Statewide Silver Alert has been declared.
Read MoreThe Indiana Department of Transportation has announced road closures coming for State Road 54 in Greene and Lawrence counties.
Read MoreVIGO COUNTY, Ind. — On Thursday at approximately 8:06 p.m., Indiana State Police Trooper Rondell Shelton was on routine patrol in the area of US 41 and 7th Street in Terre Haute, when he was flagged down by a passerby. The witness advised there was a “man down” …
Read MoreThe Indiana Troopers Youth Services (ITYS) is seeking donations to support the Indiana State Police Youth Summer Camp Programs. The summer camps have been a long tradition of the Indiana State Police; dating back to the first camp program in 1970.
Read MoreMelissa Jo Boram is accused of giving false information that caused a substantial hindrance to the officers responding to a scene where shots had been fired. Boram is the mother of Bradon M. Graham, one of two men arrested after the incident in Linton on May 24 that involved gunfire.
Read MoreDUGGER - Indiana Conservation Officers responded to a call about an unresponsive male who was found in the water. Michael Reynolds, 69, of Dugger, was recovered from the water and later pronounced dead at the scene.
Read MoreTwo men were arrested after police responded to a fight inside the High Rise last Thursday.
Read MoreA Linton man was sentenced to 180 days in the county jail on Wednesday.
Read MoreWhen 42-year-old Edward Dean Long of Jasonville got pulled over last summer in eastern Greene County, he got a written warning for failure to use a turn signal. He didn’t have a driver’s license, so the vehicle had to be towed, and inventoried. They found drugs, and a gun. On Wednesday, a jury found him guilty of dealing in methamphetamine and, due to a past conviction, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
Read MoreThe man who yelled “Cops!” as he took off running through the woods near Calvertville when officers showed up to arrest him, is going to change his plea.
Read MoreJustus Kirk Wright, 40, is wanted in Sullivan County. He was arrested in May on a preliminary charge of dealing methamphetamine as a Level 2 felony. The jail log listed him with a home address in Linton. He paid $7,400 cash to bond out, then didn’t show up in court for his initial hearing.
Read MoreToday, the Department announced its allocation of three new AUSAs to focus on violent crime and one AUSA to tackle civil opioid enforcement needs in SDIN.
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