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An employee of a business west of Bloomfield received serious injuries when he was beaten with a club Wednesday night. GCSD has been investigating and the Greene County Prosecutor filed criminal charges yesterday. A warrant is out for the arrest of the suspect – whereabouts unknown.
Read MoreAfter a caller reported a woman who had “one too many” was refusing to leave a business in Bloomfield last Sunday afternoon, deputies arrived and offered her a ride home. She refused. She got a ride to jail.
Read MoreDisagreements over a dog fight escalated into a couple of scuffles between men in Bloomfield Wednesday night and one of them was arrested for disorderly conduct.
Read MoreIndianapolis – Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Childress announced today that Dorian LaCourse, 65, of Milford, Ohio, was indicted by a federal grand jury for his role in a scheme to use his position as Chief of Police for the Addyston Police Department in Addyston, Ohio, to help two federally licensed firearms dealers in Indiana acquire hundreds of machine guns. LaCourse was indicted on charges of conspiracy and making false statements to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Childress also announced today that the two Indiana gun dealers, Johnathan Marcum, 33, of Laurel, Indiana, and Christopher Petty, 57, of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, have been charged with conspiracy for their roles in the machine gun scheme.
Read MoreSullivan County - The Indiana State Police are investigating a crash between a semi tractor-trailer and passenger vehicle on March 25, 2021, at the junction of State Road 58 and US 41, that claimed two lives.
Read MoreOn March 25, 2021, at approximately 12:16 a.m., officers responded to the 1400 block of N. Woodburn Avenue in Bloomington for multiple reports of shots fired in the area.
Read MoreA suspicious man who was just standing in the lobby of the Linton Police Department was arrested early yesterday after he told an officer he had a “bag of dope in his shoe.”
Read MoreWhen LPD officers responded to a fight in progress late Monday afternoon, an officer found two men wrestling over control of a gun. One man was arrested for an attack, allegedly unprovoked, on the other man who was injured after having his head slammed into a wall and a concrete floor.
Read MoreThe driver of a black Jeep is accused of passing a school bus in eastern Greene County when its stop arm was extended while a child got off the bus and crossed the road.
Read MoreThe Indiana State Police and the Indiana Troopers Youth Services have announced that the 2021 summer camps have been approved and registration is open.
Read MoreIndianapolis – Acting United States Attorney John E. Childress announced federal charges and arrests of five individuals for their roles in a nationwide elder fraud conspiracy…. “Stealing the hard-earned money of seniors by preying on the love and commitment they have for their families is hard to comprehend,” said Childress.
Read MoreA Bloomfield man, who took a Honda CRV out for a test drive from a car dealership in Linton and didn’t return, did not post bond after his arrest for auto theft in January. Now he’s admitted guilt and been sentenced.
Read MoreOne morning when a trooper noticed a driver in the Switz City area was not wearing a seatbelt, he initiated a traffic stop and the driver pulled over into the WRV parking lot. He had a warrant out for his arrest, and a little bit of marijuana in his pocket.
Read MoreIndiana Conservation Officers are looking for a man suspected of multiple vehicle break-ins and thefts in Harrison County and possibly other counties in southern Indiana, as well as Rock Island State Park and surrounding areas in Tennessee. In addition to items stolen from vehicles, several thousand dollars’ worth of merchandise was subsequently purchased in both states with stolen credit cards as a result of the thefts, which occurred in recent days. The suspect vehicle is a white Chevrolet Avalanche with dark trim and silver/gray step bars. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Indiana Conservation Officers’ Central Dispatch at 812-837-9536, anonymously at 1-800-TIPIDNR, or online at https://www.in.gov/dnr/lawenfor/7608.htm Indiana Conservation Officers routinely patrol the state’s DNR properties to protect the natural resources and ensure patrons’ safety.
Read MoreAn altercation about alcohol in a home led to a verbal altercation between two men that escalated to a physical altercation. One of the men was arrested.
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