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Armed robber apologizes before crime

Julian Grace — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:38:43 GMT

An armed robber apologized to a store clerk before demanding money. According to Brownsburg Police, the suspect forced a woman at Finer Things, a home decor store, to hand over cash in the register in the 1000 block of E Main Street.

Waynesville suspect faces indictment

Jay Hermacinski — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:57:54 GMT

The prime suspect in last months Waynesville quadruple homicide now faces a federal indictment.

Lawyer admits taking $270K from estate

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:28:07 GMT

An Indianapolis attorney will spend the next four years on home detention after admitting to taking more than $270,000 from a dead man’s estate.

Cops arrest 1 for biking drunk with kid

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:12:26 GMT

An Indianapolis man was arrested Monday night after he endangered the life of his 3-year-old child.

Murder suspect appears in court

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:43:18 GMT

The suspect arrested after two people were found dead in a west side ditch over the weekend appeared before a judge Tuesday.

ISP arrests 2 men on felony charges

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:13:56 GMT

Two Muncie men were arrested Monday night on felony charges.

Trooper recovering after fatal shootout

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:25 GMT

State police say a trooper is out of the hospital after being wounded in a shootout in which he killed a man robbing a southwestern Indiana gun shop.

Final debate in murder case due Tuesday

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:56:37 GMT

Final arguments in the death penalty trial of a southwestern Indiana man charged with setting a fire that killed his fiancee's two children are set for Tuesday.

Ex-Dem party chief sentenced in scheme

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:30:59 GMT

A former Democratic county chairman in northern Indiana has been sentenced to a year in prison for his role in a scheme to forge signatures onto petitions placing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the state's 2008 presidential primary ballot.

Hilbert suing Menard Jr.

Brooke Martin — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:08:25 GMT

It's a story about sex, money and a major falling out. Tomisue Hilbert, wife of Carmel businessman Stephen Hilbert is suing billionaire John Menard Jr., claiming when she didn't give in to his sexual advances, he tried to ruin her financially.

One man dead and an ISP Trooper shot

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:23:49 GMT

Authorities were called to Black Oak Armaments on U.S. 50 near Washington, Indiana around 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.

Avon tanning salon robbed at gunpoint

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:18:58 GMT

Avon's Extreme Tanning was robbed at gunpoint Monday morning.

Teen's case considered for adult court

Julian Grace — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:30:50 GMT

Attorneys were arguing in court Monday morning whether a 15-year-old boy accused of taking part in a crime spree should be charged as an adult.

Woman who killed at 15 set free

Jim Shella — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:12:58 GMT

An Indiana woman who became an international cause after she was sentenced to death for a killing when she was 15 years old has been released from prison.

Ex-Dem leader faces fraud sentence

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:08:32 GMT

A former Democratic county chairman in northern Indiana and a party worker convicted of forging signatures on petitions placing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the state's 2008 presidential primary ballot should soon know their punishments.

Arrest made in strip club shooting

Jim Scott — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:32:52 GMT

One person was arrested on Monday after a shooting at a strip club in the overnight hours.

Arrest made after 2 bodies found

Daniel Miller — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:36:26 GMT

IMPD said Monday afternoon that two people whose bodies were discovered in a west side ditch were murdered.

Woman sentenced to die to be released

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:42:45 GMT

An Indiana woman put on death row at age 16 for killing an elderly Bible school teacher is scheduled to be released Monday after serving a prison term that was shortened after the state Supreme Court intervened.

Police: Drunken driver damages art

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:55:42 GMT

An Indiana man has been arrested on drunken driving charges after police say he ran his vehicle into a huge steel sculpture created to commemorate Fort Wayne's industrial heritage.

Murder trial final arguments on Tues?

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:15:53 GMT

Final arguments in the death penalty trial of a southwestern Indiana man charged with setting a fire that killed his fiancee's two children could come Tuesday.

Knife fight between couple turns fatal

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:34:43 GMT

Police in northwest Indiana say an argument between a couple spiraled into a knife fight that killed the woman and severely injured her boyfriend.

Woman arrested for meth, cocaine

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:57:43 GMT

A Columbus, Ind. woman was arrested on multiple drug charges after a traffic stop.

Man charged in park killing of teen

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:48:10 GMT

A northern Indiana man is facing murder charges alleging that he fatally shot a teenager last year after luring him to a South Bend park.

Person shot on city's SW side

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:43:22 GMT

Dispatchers with IMPD say a person was shot on the city's southwest side Saturday afternoon.

Cops arrest man for battering his ex

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:19:38 GMT

Police have arrested a Columbus man for violating a protective order and allegedly hurting his ex-girlfriend.

2009 bomb scare ties to PU grade arrest

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:26:31 GMT

A former Purdue student who is charged with changing his grades while at Purdue, is no stranger to the law. Roy Sun has been arrested on campus before.

PD: Body found in Rosedale home

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:24:00 GMT

Parke County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of woman found at a home located on the west side of Rosedale, Ind.

Cops: 2 sell from mobile home, arrested

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:18:00 GMT

Warsaw police arrested two men Thursday after they received information that illegal drugs were being distributed from one of the men's mobile home.

Cop poser gets 3 years for sex charge

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:02:10 GMT

A man accused of posing as a police officer to try to rape a woman was given 3 years incarceration Thursday.

Prof: 2 were killers in the making

Jay Hermacinski — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:48:11 GMT

An IUPUI criminologist says based on court records, the two suspects charged with murdering a Linton teen may have been a serial killer team in the making.