Crime

INDIANAPOLIS — School abuse attorneys at CohenMalad, LLP have filed an amended federal lawsuit Tuesday that includes 35 women. The women say they were abused as minors while living at Central Indiana Teen Challenge (CITC). It’s a faith-based residential program for teenage girls in Lebanon, Indiana. The facility now operates as Refuge Girls Academy. According […]

MUNCIE, Ind. — A contractor from Yorktown has been charged with stealing $188,000 in bank fraud schemes using fabricated lien waivers. Richard Turner, 38, is accused of submitting falsified lien waivers to a bank for a healthcare facility project his company, Turner Remodeling LLC, was hired for in March 2025 in Muncie. He claimed that […]

INDIANAPOLIS — A glass and mirror shop on the near east side of Indianapolis reported that over $25,000 worth of power tools was stolen from them recently. The owner of Gilpin Glass Service Inc. on E Washington Street called IMPD Monday morning after noticing that someone had broken into his business. The owner told police […]

INDIANAPOLIS — A person died in a shooting on the west side of Indianapolis on Monday afternoon. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department had officers called out to the 6100 block of Beachview Drive at around 12:30 p.m. on a report of shots fired. When officers arrived, they found someone who had been shot near an […]

WHITESTOWN, Ind. — The Whitestown Police Department arrested a man after they say he shot his dad in the foot Sunday evening. Officers arrived at a home in the 3700 block of Indigo Blue Boulevard, where they spotted Rutherford Keener exiting. Then, he confessed to shooting his dad. That’s when police detained him. Police got […]

Shooting in downtown Indianapolis leaves two injured INDIANAPOLIS — Two people were injured in a shooting in downtown Indianapolis, prompting an investigation by police. Officers responded to reports of shots fired in the downtown area and located two victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Both individuals were transported to a local hospital for treatment. Authorities have […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that happened Friday night on the near southeast side of Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said a person was shot sometime around 10:15 p.m in a residential area near downtown. Officers responded to the 1600 block of South State Avenue. When police arrived, they found […]

JENNINGS COUNTY, Ind. — Jennings County Sheriff William “Kenny” Freeman, Jr. faces multiple criminal charges after a grand jury indicted him Thursday for stealing campaign signs. A Jennings County Sheriff candidate told Indiana State Police in November 2025 that someone was stealing his signs from area roadways. In response, the candidate hid a GPS tracking […]

Traffic Stop Turns into Police Chase, Ends in Crash and Gun Recovery in Northwest Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS — A routine traffic stop on Indianapolis’ northwest side quickly turned into a police chase that ended with a crashed SUV, multiple arrests, and the recovery of two loaded firearms, according to court records. Police say the incident began […]

GREENFIELD, Ind. — A Greenfield man is accused of brutally assaulting a woman and a dog in a duplex. Devon Damron is charged with multiple felonies after the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department said he slammed a woman’s head into a nightstand and the floor, causing her to bleed all over the residence. The department said […]

LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. — Indiana State Police have concluded their initial investigation into the shooting of LaPorte County Sheriff’s Deputy Jon Samuelson. A man shot Samuelson, a 12-year veteran of the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office, Friday morning at Franciscan Health in Michigan City. Investigators say Samuelson was helping 22-year-old Sharod L. Grafton of Chicago after […]

Lafayette Man Arrested After Early Morning Police Pursuit in West Lafayette WEST LAFAYETTE – A Lafayette man was arrested early Thursday morning after leading Indiana State Police on a brief pursuit through West Lafayette before being taken into custody without incident. According to Indiana State Police, the incident began around 4 a.m. when Trooper McKinney […]