VANDERBURGH COUNTY, Ind. — Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has filed a motion with the Indiana Supreme Court to seek an execution date for a man convicted of murdering two children in Vanderburgh County 16 years ago. In 2012, Jeffrey Weisheit was found guilty of the murders of 5-year-old Caleb Lynch and 7-year-old Alyssa Lynch […]
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 […]
CONNERSVILLE, Ind. — A Connersville man is charged with raping and strangling a woman in Fayette County. Justin Plummer, 44, was arrested by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office. He faces several felonies, including two counts of rape while in possession of a deadly weapon, criminal confinement, and strangulation. On June 12, a woman told deputies […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Police shut down an unlicensed club on the northeast side of Indianapolis after discovering evidence of illegal operation. Detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s Nuisance Abatement Unit and Indiana State Excise Police had been monitoring “The Playhouse” on Arlington Avenue for at least a few weeks. On Monday, police served a search […]
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 […]
JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. – A Greenwood woman has been charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated for the third time since December 2025. The latest incident involving 36-year-old Brittany Leigh Hamilton happened in Johnson County in late May, according to court documents. She faces felony counts of neglect of a dependent and operating a vehicle […]
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 […]
SPENCER, Ind. — An Owen County deputy is stable in the hospital after being shot on Friday. Indiana State Police said the deputy was injured while conducting a welfare check in a remote area of the county near the town of Spencer. Deputies with the Owen County Sheriff’s Department went to a home where 58-year-old […]
GREENWOOD, Ind. — A 16-year-old is charged in connection with the shooting that happened at a festival in Greenwood last Friday. On Friday, the Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office announced that 16-year-old Jayden Collins, of Beech Grove, has been charged as an adult with dangerous possession of a firearm, a Level 5 felony. He’s accused of […]