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The Justice Department said Thursday that it intends to try Kilmar Abrego Garcia on federal smuggling charges in Tennessee before it moves to deport him, addressing fears that he could be expelled again from the U.S. within days.
Sean “Diddy” Combs “committed crime after crime” for two decades but thought his “fame, wealth and power” put him above the law, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday as the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial shifted to closing arguments.
The Indianapolis-based NCAA is considering a proposal that would allow athletes and staff members to bet on professional sports while shifting its enforcement efforts to college sports betting and “behaviors that directly impact game integrity.”
The Supreme Court is meeting Friday to decide the final six cases of its term, including President Donald Trump’s bid to enforce his executive order denying birthright citizenship to U.S.-born children of parents who are in the country illegally.
U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker sentenced Stacy Lamont Griffin, 33, of Indianapolis to his prison term, which will be followed by four years of supervised release. He pleaded guilty to distribution of 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
The state paid four law firms between 2022 and 2025 to represent Attorney General Todd Rokita in at least six separate matters before the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Paul Oliver v. FLH Mill, LLC and Jeremy Ferree
24A-CT-938
Civil tort. Affirms the Greene Superior Court’s denial of Paul Oliver’s request to garnish Jeremy Ferree’s wages and accounts, but reverses Special Judge Robert Cline’s order to set aside the default judgment as to the criminal conversion count as well as the trial court’s order for Ferree to pay $100 per week toward the judgment amount. Remands with instructions for the trial court to reinstate the full judgment and to order Ferree to pay a reasonable periodic amount toward the judgment that is supported by the evidence and Indiana Code section 24-4.5-5- 105. Attorneys for appellant: Adam Doerr, Kevin Koons, Lucas Rowe. Attorney for appellees: Scott Racop.
The decision clears the way for Attorney General Todd Rokita to proceed with his lawsuits against the popular, short-form video app, accusing it of violating Indiana’s Deceptive Consumer Sales Act.
Selected subjects range from the value of public lands to a look at medical debt. The panels tasked with studying them can play key roles in teeing up legislation for the next session — but don’t always.
The statement comes one day after the Indianapolis City-County Council’s Democratic Caucus met and, by at least one account, voted to expel Carlino. The council issued a statement late Wednesday saying she was still a caucus member.
Also, at Wednesday’s meeting, the IEDC board’s entrepreneurship committee updated the investment policy for the Indiana Angel Network Fund III LLC—the investment fund managed by Elevate Ventures through which the SSBCI money flows.
A federal judge in Tennessee ruled Wednesday that Abrego Garcia has a right to be released while he awaits trial on smuggling charges. But he will remain in jail while attorneys spar over whether federal prosecutors can stop his deportation.
The question was posed by the Manhattan judge after the prosecution rested following a more than six-week-long presentation of evidence against the hip-hop mogul.
Bove, a former criminal defense attorney for Trump, has been at the forefront of some of the most contentious Justice Department actions since Trump’s return to the White House.
Attorneys for 12 of NASCAR’s 15 race teams argued in federal court Tuesday that disclosing their financial records would ruin the competitive balance and warned that making such details public would put them all in danger.
U.S. District Judge James Sweeney sentenced Otha Don Watkins III, 43, of Cairo, Illinois to five years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and possessing contraband in prison.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Enoch J. Frank v. Monica S. Frank
24A-DN-2572
Domestic relations without children. Affirms Marion Superior Court Magistrate Tara Melton’s order that Enoch Frank pay Monica Frank $5,000 per month in provisional spousal maintenance and $25,000 in preliminary attorneys’ fees and litigation costs. Finds the trial court’s order requiring husband to pay provisional spousal maintenance and attorneys’ fees to wife was not against the logic and effects of the facts and circumstances. Also finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion. Attorneys for appellant: Bryan Ciyou, Anne Lowe. Attorney for appellee: Andrew Soshnick.
Deputies with the Perry County Sheriff’s Office arrested 33-year-old Derek S. Voges on five counts of child exploitation and seven counts of possession of child pornography.
Four doses of execution drugs were purchased — some which were used while others expired.
The ruling, written by Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush, said the General Assembly created a material error review process to correct inaccurate driving records — without awarding damages.