Henry Co. attorney faces meth-dealing charges
The attorney for an eastern Indiana county who once served as its top prosecutor has been charged with dealing methamphetamine.
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Wisconsin man charged with murder in fatal stabbing of Indiana man
A Wisconsin man was charged with murder Wednesday in what authorities believe was a random knife attack that killed an Indiana motorist and injured another after they had stopped at a travel plaza on the Ohio Turnpike.
COA finds charging information had ‘sufficient particularity’ in child molesting case
An Indianapolis man who did not challenge the sufficiency of the charging information at his trial and then argued to the Indiana Court of Appeals that the lower court committed a fundamental error by holding a trial was told in a six-page opinion that his argument was unavailing.
Former Indiana casino executive faces new charges related to tax evasion
An Indiana casino executive is facing additional federal charges connected to an alleged scheme to make illegal corporate casino campaign donations to an Indiana congressional candidate.
6 Indy residents indicted for straw purchases used in Chicago gun violence
A federal grand jury in Indianapolis has handed down indictments charging six Hoosiers with gun-related crimes after they were found to have allegedly made straw purchases of more than 90 firearms.
Feds: 3 charged in Mexican migrant worker conspiracy
Three people have been indicted in a multistate conspiracy involving the forced labor of Mexican agricultural immigrants, federal authorities announced Wednesday.
Ex-prosecutor indicted for misconduct in Ahmaud Arbery death
A former Georgia prosecutor was indicted Thursday on misconduct charges alleging she used her position to shield the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery from being charged with crimes immediately after the shootings.
COA: Bail bondsmen prevail in slaying of Kosciusko County man with outstanding charges
Two parents seeking justice for their son after he was shot and killed during an attempt by bail bondsmen to apprehend him at their home did not sway an Indiana Court of Appeals decision that ruled for the bail bond company.
Ride operator charged with murder in brawl at Jackson Co. fair
A ride operator at a southern Indiana county’s fair has been charged with murder following the death of a man who fell unconscious during a closing time brawl, authorities said.
Former Muncie officer pleads guilty to concealing ‘inappropriate use of force’
A former Muncie police officer is facing up to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty Wednesday to intentionally concealing a fellow officer’s inappropriate use of force.
Police: LaPorte woman shot husband, used axe to remove legs
An Indiana woman charged in her husband’s fatal shooting used an axe to cut off his legs before trying to enlist her two teenage children in a failed plan to burn his remains, authorities said.
August hearing set for suspect in Indiana officer’s slaying
A man accused of fatally shooting a western Indiana police officer during an ambush outside an FBI field office will appear in federal court in mid-August for his initial hearing in the case.
7th Circuit declines to vacate firearms convictions but reduces robbery restitution
A man convicted in a series of armed robberies failed to convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that he and his co-conspirators used a fake gun that should undermine his firearms convictions. But the appellate court did vacate part of the man’s restitution order.
State dismisses murder case against Elkhart man with mental disability following release last year
A criminal case has been dismissed against an Elkhart man with a mental disability who was convicted of a 2002 murder but who won his release from prison last year.
Ex-South Bend housing authority director indicted for alleged fraud
The former executive director of a northern Indiana city’s housing authority has been indicted along with four others in a scheme that allegedly defrauded the U.S. government of millions of dollars.
Case dropped against dead woman in Indiana hit-and-run case
Prosecutors dropped their case against an Indiana woman who was charged in a hit-and-run crash during a southern Indiana protest last summer after learning she died in Colorado earlier this year.
4 juveniles accused of poaching deer in Indiana, Illinois
Indiana prosecutors have charged four juveniles from southeastern Illinois with allegedly torturing and poaching more than 20 wild deer in the two states.
3 men charged over 2018 fatal Missouri tourist boat accident
A Missouri prosecutor on Friday filed a total of 63 felony criminal charges against three employees over a July 2018 tourist boat accident on a Missouri lake that killed 17 people, including nine members of an Indianapolis family.
19 people indicted on meth, fentanyl trafficking charges
A federal grand jury has indicted 19 people on charges alleging their involvement in a drug-trafficking organization believed to be linked to homicides in Indianapolis, officials said Thursday.
Man accused of killing Indiana cop hears charge in hospital
A man accused of killing an Indiana police officer heard the charge Friday from a hospital bed where he is recovering from a shootout outside an FBI office.