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Woman sentenced for killing daughter who she claimed was 'the next Jeffrey Dahmer'
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ind. (TCD) -- A judge sentenced a 34-year-old woman to three decades in prison after for abusing and killing her daughter, who she said was "not a nice kid" and "would have been the next Jeffrey Dahmer." The Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office announced that Cheyenne Hill was ordered...
Driving with expired license plates lands in jail on drug charges
BEDFORD – Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested a Bedford woman on Wednesday, April 17, on drug charges after Deputy Brenten Trueblood stopped her vehicle for an expired license plate. Police detained 37-year-old Stephanie Johnson, of Bedford, on charges of possession of a legend drug, possession of marijuana,...
Lawrence County tops in high school equivalency diplomas per capita in Indiana
BEDFORD — Lawrence County is leading the state in the number of residents who have obtained a high school equivalency. Joe Timbrook, director of career development for Lawrence County Economic Growth Council shared that fact and more with the county commissioners at their Tuesday meeting. In the past five...
Docs: Woman calls cops over bad batch of meth, wanted to file charges against dealer
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ind. — A Lawrence County woman is facing a felony narcotics charge after calling 911 to report her dealer for providing an inferior batch of methamphetamine earlier this year. According to court documents, Sarah Harris, 34, called police from “open line” calls to “turn the person in” who had supplied her with tainted […]
Man arrested for threatening to shoot woman’s dog
BEDFORD – A warrant was issued for the arrest of a Bedford man on an intimidation charge after Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a call in the 20 block of Locust Road. According to Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department Deputy James, who arrived at the residence on...
Man harasses woman and her family and is arrested
BEDFORD – A Mitchell man was arrested on a warrant for invasion of privacy after an incident on Wednesday, March 13. That day, a female came to the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department. She spoke to Deputy James, saying that 31-year-old Gary Turner was still communicating with her in violation of a protective order.
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