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Police Log: May 2, 2024
1:58 a.m. Report of a suspicious person in the 2000 block of Norton Lane. 2:17 a.m. Traffic stop at Pizza Hut on 16th Street. 2:59 a.m. Officers were out with a person at 18th and H Strets. 3:25 a.m. Officers made extra patrols on Lincoln Avenue. 5:18 a.m. Report of...
City of Mitchell breaks ground on 50,000 sq. ft. shell building
MITCHELL— Following Thursday morning’s groundbreaking ceremony, construction will commence on a new shell building intended to attract manufacturing jobs to the Mitchell industrial park. A new 50,000-square-foot building suitable for a manufacturer will be constructed on a fourteen-acre parcel in the industrial park at the intersection of Doc...
Man violates probation terms and is sent to jail
BEDFORD – Lawrence County Superior Court I Judge John M. Plummer III sentenced a Mitchell man to 1,602 days in the Indiana Department of Corrections. Josiah Asbery, 26, of Orleans, pled guilty in a negotiated plea deal to domestic battery and domestic battery on a person less than 14 years old. Both charges were Level 6 felonies.
ISP: Man killed in fight while fishing in southern Indiana; suspect arrested
ORANGE COUNTY, Ind. — A suspect has been arrested on a preliminary murder charge after a man on a fishing trip was killed during a fist-fight in southern Indiana over the weekend, Indiana State Police said. The night of Saturday, April 27, deputies with the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office...
Bloomington man shot, then charged with 10 felonies after multi-county pursuit
The incident started with reports of a naked man driving a pickup truck recklessly through Owen County. Later, when the man was driving in southern Vigo County, he veered into a residential driveway about 10 p.m. and struck a man who had just exited his car, police said. The second...
Bloomington clears residents out of homeless camps adjacent to Switchyard Park
Dozens of residents in established homeless encampments along the edge of Bloomington's Switchyard Park have moved on after city officials announced the camps would be cleared out May 1. Wednesday morning, piles of debris, discarded and rain-soaked items, hundreds of bicycle parts, abandoned lean-tos and just a few residents were...
Woman to be sentenced Monday for 2022 hit and run that killed IU student
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) — A sentencing hearing is set for Monday for the woman who pleaded guilty in March for the 2022 hit and run that killed IU student Nathaniel Stratton who was riding an e-scooter. Howard was originally set to stand trial at the end of February...
What's being built across the street from Mike's Dance Barn in Brown County?
The Nashville Jehovah’s Witness congregation is building a bigger place of worship. The congregation is building a nearly 3,000-square-foot, single-story Kingdom Hall on the north side of Ind. 46, across the highway from Mike’s Music & Dance Barn. Chris Kimball, a regional spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses, said the...
Coroner: Dental records confirm death of Bob Boro, missing since New Year's Eve
Monroe County Coroner Joani Stalcup said dental records were used to identify Boro. The 44-year-old Bloomington man was last seen New Year’s Eve. His pickup was found early New Year’s Day crashed into a house in the 1800 block of South Curry Pike, and Boro was nowhere to be found.
Man arrested after being found passed out in the parking lot of a liquor store
BEDFORD – A Bedford man was arrested Friday after Bedford Police officer Jarrett Tedrow responded to Kindred Spirits on L Street after a report of a man slumped over the steering wheel of a vehicle in the parking lot. When police arrived, they found 47-year-old Michael Bruce in the...
Teen detained after hitting sibling and mother
BEDFORD – A Bedford teen is facing two counts of domestic battery and escape from unlawful detention after Bedford Police Officer Stewart Ratcliff responded to a home in the 2000 block of F Street on Monday. When Officer Ratcliff arrived at 6:21 p.m., the teen’s mother reported her 14-year-old...
Mitchell man arrested on theft and drug charges
BEDFORD – A Mitchell man was arrested Thursday morning after Bedford Police Department Officer Joshua Turner spotted him at Rural King on James Avenue getting into a Toyota Avalon. Major Jeremy Bridges discovered that 33-year-old Collin Flynn was wanted on a warrant for theft. The officers stopped Flynn to...
Bloomington man appeals Jan. 6 conviction, sentence
WASHINGTON D.C. — A Bloomington man is appealing his recent conviction and sentence related to the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol. Antony Vo was found guilty by a jury in September 2023 of participating in the U.S. Capitol riot. According to previous reports, Vo was convicted of: After his conviction, Vo was […]
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