CRIME & SAFETY
Docs: Man leaves jail, walks to nearby Indy gas station, kills man while stealing his car
INDIANAPOLIS — Less than two hours after his discharge from Marion County’s Jail, a Greenfield man stands accused of a deadly carjacking at a nearby gas station. Chad Martin, 33, was arrested on a preliminary murder charge in the fatal ordeal that unfolded about 2:30 p.m. at a gas station on the southeast...
Police fatally shoot a man who sliced an officer's face during a scuffle
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A police officer fatally shot a knife-wielding man Wednesday after he cut the officer in the face during a scuffle in central Indiana, police said. Joshua Richard, 26, of Noblesville was fatally shot by Beech Grove Police Lt. Jeff Bruner, Indiana State Police said. No other officers were injured, state police said. Three officers responded to a call at about 6 a.m. from a woman who said Richard arrived at her apartment to visit his child hours before the scheduled time.
ISP: 1 dead in car crash on I-65 that possibly stemmed from road rage gunfire; northbound lanes closed
INDIANAPOLIS — A person is dead after a road rage incident on Interstate 65 possibly led to gunfire and a car crashing into a pond. According to Indiana State Police, troopers are investigating a fatal car crash incident Wednesday afternoon on the southeast side of Indianapolis. ISP Sgt. John Perrine said the crash was on […]
Indianapolis mom says she was nearly attacked and her 6-year-old's braids cut after she didn't tip stylist
INDIANAPOLIS — AJ Haley says she recorded her 6-year-old daughter's hairstylist trying to force her way into their car on Saturday. In the video, you can see the door handle nearly be ripped off as a woman tugs on it. Haley's daughter, Kensley, was in the backseat, screaming in...
Man found shot on porch on Indy’s east side
INDIANAPOLIS – Neighbors heard a sound on the porch of their east side home early Tuesday morning. Turns out the sound was a man moaning in pain because he’d been shot. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers were dispatched before 5:30 a.m. Tuesday to a home in the 3900 block of East Michigan […]
'I better not see you when I get out' | Man threatens, spits on IMPD officer after incident at downtown Taco Bell
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man has been charged with three felonies after an incident at the Taco Bell Cantina in downtown Indianapolis. According to court documents, an IMPD officer was called to the Taco Bell Cantina at 42 West Washington Street in downtown Indianapolis around 9:45 p.m. on April 29 on a report of a man yelling at employees and threatening to jump over the counter.
State Wants Jamey Noel to Pay Back $4 Million in 'Unlawful' Charges They Say Former Sheriff and Family Made
An Indiana audit released Monday by state accountants seeks $4.3 million from former sheriff Jamey Noel and his family as reimbursements for what auditors called "unlawful" luxury purchases made with fire agency funds.
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