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Teen shot, injured on Indy’s north side near Monon Trail
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says a shooting investigation was underway after a 16-year-old boy was found shot on Indy’s north side Wednesday morning. Online police reports show the call for a person shot came in in the 900 block of East…
Teen injured in accidental, self-inflicted shooting
INDIANAPOLIS – A teenager was injured in a shooting on the north side that appeared to be self-inflicted According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, North District officers were dispatched to the 900 block of East 64th Street around 7:20 a.m. Upon arrival,…
I-70 reopens in Hancock County after semi crash
GREENFIELD, Ind. -- A crash involving a semi closed part of I-70 in Hancock County on Wednesday morning, leading to backups that lasted several hours. According to an alert from the Indiana Department of Transportation citing the Hancock County Sheriff's Office, this happened…
Man accused of stripping AC units from 2 Indianapolis churches, childcare center
Steven Martin Jr. faces three felony theft charges after investigators linked him to thefts through surveillance video, a distinctive tattoo and scrap yard records.
Northern Indiana crash scatters chickens across interstate
Dozens of chickens died in the crash when a truck reportedly struck a concrete median, spilling crates of live chickens onto an interstate ramp Tuesday morning.
Greenfield father sentenced after toddler found suffering from hypothermia, wandering outside in only a diaper
Logan Nickolas pleaded guilty to one charge and was sentenced to five years in prison, but two years will be suspended.
Multiple agencies respond to large residential fire in Cass County
WALTON, Ind. — A large residential fire Tuesday morning took nine agencies and over two hours to extinguish. According to the Walton Community Fire Department, firefighters were dispatched to the 6300 block of East 650 South in Walton for the report of a structure fire. At…
State police: Intoxication suspected to be a factor in crash that triggered closure of I-465 on east side of Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Police suspect that an intoxicated driver may be to blame for a crash that triggered the closure of Interstate 465 northbound on the east side of Indianapolis Tuesday night. According to a notification from the Indiana Department of Transportation,…
'Extraordinary violence': Plainfield inmate sentenced to 50 years for beating prisoner to death
HENDRICKS COUNTY, Ind. -- An inmate has been sentenced to 50 years for beating another prisoner to death at the Plainfield Correctional Facility in what prosecutors called a "brutal assault." The Hendricks County Prosecutor's Office announced that Robert Allen Miller received a…
Plainfield Aku sculptures vandalized in Swarn Park at Hobbs Station
PLAINFIELD, Ind. — An investigation is ongoing after two Aku sculptures were found uprooted from their mounts and vandalized. According to the Plainfield Police Department, officers received a report of vandalism in Swarn Park at Hobbs Station, approximately a mile from E. Main…
Indiana EMT once again charged with sexually battering teenager in the back of an ambulance
MARION COUNTY, Ind. — A former central Indiana EMT has once again been charged with sexually battering a teenage girl in the back of his ambulance during a transport, this time in Marion County. Ronald D. Elliott Jr. was arrested in May and booked into the Delaware County Jail on…
Body found in pond behind Boonville Walmart identified as missing man
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources recovered a body from a retention pond behind the Boonville Walmart in Warrick County, identified as Joseph Lucia Jr., 67, of Evansville, who was reported missing on July 7, and investigators do not suspect foul play.