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Former Muncie Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Eleven Civil Rights and Obstruction Offenses for Assaulting Arrestees and Writing False Reports

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Former Muncie Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Eleven Civil Rights and Obstruction Offenses for Assaulting Arrestees and Writing False Reports

INDIANAPOLIS – Chase Winkle, 35, a former officer with the Muncie Police Department, in Muncie, Indiana, pleaded guilty today to eleven civil rights and obstruction charges. Specifically, Winkle pleaded guilty to five federal civil rights offenses for assaulting arrestees, and to six obstruction offenses for writing false reports to cover up the results.

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Saturday night pursuit from Greene County into Monroe County ends with crash and arrest

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Saturday night pursuit from Greene County into Monroe County ends with crash and arrest

A wanted man took off and fled from GCSD deputies when he came into contact with them in eastern Greene County Saturday night and led officers from three departments in a pursuit that ended in Bloomington. During the pursuit, the suspect allegedly tried to hit a GCSD deputy head on and did hit a MCSD deputy in a Bloomington parking lot. No serious injuries were reported. The suspect is in custody and has been booked into the Greene County Jail.

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Greene County Humane Society joins 275+ shelters participating in “Empty the Shelters – HolidayHope” event

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Greene County Humane Society joins 275+ shelters participating in “Empty the Shelters – HolidayHope” event

Linton, Ind. — BISSELL Pet Foundation, a national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending pet homelessness, is bringing hope to the nation’s shelter pets this holiday season with its “Empty the
Shelters – Holiday Hope” adoption event Dec. 1 – 11. BISSELL Pet Foundation sponsors reduced adoption fees of $50 or less per cat or dog during each nationwide event. This event will be hosted in more than 275 shelters in 43 states, including the Greene County Humane Society.

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Career offender who was apprehended in Sullivan County after leading police on two high-speed chases sentenced to 30 years in federal prison

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Career offender who was apprehended in Sullivan County after leading police on two high-speed chases sentenced to 30 years in federal prison

TERRE HAUTE – Elvis Medrano, 43, of Pharr, TX, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after being convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and MDMA, and being a felon in possession of ammunition following a 4-day jury trial in May of 2022. According to court documents and evidence offered in court, from spring of 2020 through his arrest on August 3, 2020, Medrano conspired with his co-conspirators to sell methamphetamine, cocaine, and MDMA throughout Southern Indiana, more specifically in Sullivan and Knox Counties.

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ISP makes another arrest in a road rage shooting on interstate in Indy area

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ISP makes another arrest in a road rage shooting on interstate in Indy area

Indianapolis, Ind. - Yesterday morning, at 9:15 a.m., Indiana State Police Dispatchers received a 911 call about alleged shots being fired from one vehicle at another vehicle on I-65 near Washington Street in Indianapolis. This makes the 61st investigation into a road rage shooting on interstates in the Indy area just this year.

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