COA to hear case examining Indiana’s driver responsibilities law
Judges Robert Altice, Dana Kenworthy and Mary DeBoer will hear the arguments at KIPP Indy Legacy High School in Decatur County on April 9.
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Judge cuts probation for Indiana lawmaker after drunken driving plea
A judge has cut short the probation for an Indiana state legislator who pleaded guilty to drunken driving charges after police say he crashed his pickup truck through an interstate highway guardrail and drove away.
COA affirms trial court’s 4-year sentence for man who left scene of Hendricks County crash
There was sufficient evidence to support a man’s felony convictions and four-year aggregate prison sentence for obstruction of justice and leaving the scene of an April 2021 accident in Hendricks County, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed.
GOP Rep. Jim Lucas kept off interim committees after DUI crash
Republican State Rep. Jim Lucas is effectively in timeout after he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in connection with his May arrest for driving under the influence.
Indiana legislator convicted of drunken driving publicly acknowledges he used ‘horrible’ judgment
An Indiana legislator convicted of drunken driving publicly acknowledged on Wednesday that he used “horrible” judgment.
Indiana Rep. Lucas seen smiling, laughing in new police footage after DUI arrest
Republican state Rep. Jim Lucas was cooperative — even joking, at times — with police after he was arrested in May for driving under the influence, new body camera footage shows.
Rep. Lucas enters plea agreement for OWI, leaving scene of accident following May arrest
Indiana state Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, has entered into a plea agreement for Class C operating a vehicle while intoxicated and Class B leaving the scene of an accident charges following his early-morning crash and arrest in Jackson County in May.
State Rep. Lucas arrested for OWI, leaving the scene after early-morning crash on I-65
Indiana State Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, is facing OWI and leaving the scene charges after being arrested following an early morning crash Wednesday.
Columbus man gets 4 years in hit-and-run that killed girl, 16
A man convicted in the hit-and-run death of a 16-year-old Indiana high school student struck by his car as she prepared to board a school bus was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison.
Ohio woman charged in hit-and-run that killed Angola boy
An Ohio woman accused of striking two northeastern Indiana boys with her SUV, fatally injuring one of them, allegedly fled the scene and tried to conceal her involvement in the weekend accident, authorities said.
Man convicted in hit-and-run that killed Columbus girl, 16
A man has been convicted in the hit-and-run death of a 16-year-old Indiana high school student struck by his car last year as she prepared to board a school bus.
Hammond woman gets 20.5 years for running over boyfriend
A northwestern Indiana woman who was convicted of killing her boyfriend in 2019 by running him over with her car has been sentenced to 20½ years in prison.
Indiana man faces more serious charges in deadly hit-and-run
A northern Indiana man charged in a June hit-and-run crash that killed one teenager and injured a second faces more serious charges.
Couple helps catch man wanted in boy’s fatal hit-and-run
A couple who allowed a man to spend a night in their trailer called Indianapolis police after learning that he was wanted for a hit-and-run that killed an 11-year-old boy.
Man charged after crash kills Fort Wayne woman inside home
A man has been charged in a 2020 crash that killed a Fort Wayne woman inside her home.
Indiana school bus struck, rolls over, during police pursuit
A man who drove away from an attempted police traffic stop collided with a school bus, causing it to roll over as a northwest Indiana officer pursued him, police said.
Kokomo man gets no jail time in crash that killed girl, 10
A Kokomo man who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a 2018 crash that fatally injured a 10-year-old girl has been sentenced to work release and in-home detention.
Appeals court reduces misdemeanor sentence of man first charged at age 64
A man who picked up his first of several criminal charges at age 64 amid signs of undiagnosed mental illness and was subsequently ordered to spend 15 months behind bars on misdemeanor charges received an inappropriate sentence, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
Justices toss OWI convictions, adopt new substantive double jeopardy test
Overruling a constitutional test for resolving claims of substantive double jeopardy and adopting a new test in its place, the Indiana Supreme Court has partially reversed a man’s drunken driving convictions on double jeopardy grounds. His 16-year sentence, however, will remain.