Appellate court to hold oral arguments in Berne for fatal accident case
The Indiana Court of Appeals will be traveling to South Adams High School on Thursday to hear oral arguments in a case involving a fatal car accident.
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Muncie man sentenced to 5 years in prison for reckless homicide
A Delaware County Circuit Court judge sentenced a man Friday to five years in prison his role in a fatal September 2020 car crash in Muncie.
Man convicted of reckless homicide in fatal 2020 Muncie crash
A Delaware County jury convicted a man Thursday of reckless homicide and obstruction of justice for his role in a fatal September 2020 car crash in Muncie.
Woman charged in June shooting that killed 3 in an Indianapolis entertainment district
A 24-year-old woman has been charged in a June shooting that killed three people and sent others running in panic through an Indianapolis entertainment district, authorities said.
2 IMPD officers indicted on felony counts for death of man experiencing ‘mental health crisis’
Nearly one year to the day after Herman Whitfield III died while in the custody of Indianapolis police, two officers have been charged with multiple felonies in connection with his death. The other four officers involved in Whitfield’s death will not be charged.
COA reverses reckless homicide conviction after distracted driving evidence wrongly excluded
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has overturned a man’s felony reckless homicide conviction, finding the trial court erred in excluding evidence that the victim was using her phone at the time of the fatal vehicle crash.
Man pleads guilty in death of pedestrian on Fort Wayne trail
A Fort Wayne man pleaded guilty to reckless homicide Friday for fatally striking a pedestrian with his car while she walked on a portion of a planned State Visionary Trail.
Man gets home detention for shooting Black man during Indy unrest
A man convicted of reckless homicide in the 2020 shooting of a young Black man in Indianapolis during unrest sparked by George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police was sentenced Thursday to one year of home detention.
Indiana woman sentenced in house crash that killed 2
A woman whose car plowed into a northeastern Indiana home, killing a 74-year-old man and his great-grandson who were sitting on its front porch, has been sentenced to 57 years in prison.
Indiana judge finds shooter guilty of reckless homicide in Black man’s 2020 killing
A man has been convicted of reckless homicide in the fatal 2020 shooting of a young Black man in Indianapolis during unrest sparked by outrage over George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police.
Blackford County woman pleads guilty in house crash that killed 2
A woman has pleaded guilty to causing a June crash in which her car plowed into a northeastern Indiana home, killing a 74-year-old man and his great-grandson who were sitting on its front porch.
Judge’s comment doesn’t require reversal of 15-year sentencing enhancement, COA rules
Despite a judge’s comment that a defendant “dodged a bullet” in avoiding a murder conviction, the St. Joseph County man cannot avoid a 15-year sentencing enhancement on his conviction of reckless homicide with the use of a firearm, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has concluded.
Rochester woman out of prison in school bus crash that killed 3 kids
A woman convicted in a 2018 crash that killed three siblings who were crossing a rural northern Indiana highway to board a school bus was released from prison Wednesday, after serving just over two years.
Woman’s early release in deadly Rochester school bus crash denied
A judge on Monday blocked the early prison release of a woman convicted in a 2018 crash that killed three siblings who were crossing a rural northern Indiana highway to board a school bus.
Woman charged in fatal shooting in Washington Co. wooded area
A 35-year-old woman has been charged with reckless homicide in connection with the fatal shooting of a man in a wooded area in southern Indiana.
2 charged in connection with 7-year-old’s crosswalk death
Two people have been charged in connection with an Indianapolis vehicle crash that killed a 7-year-old girl in a crosswalk and seriously injured her mother and a crossing guard.
Trucker plans guilty plea in Indiana crash that killed 4
A truck driver whose semitrailer crashed into a car along an eastern Indiana highway construction zone last year, killing four young siblings, has filed notice that he intends to plead guilty in the case.
COA affirms juvenile’s reckless homicide, gun possession convictions
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a LaPorte County juvenile’s sentence and conviction after he admitted to accidentally shooting and killing a friend.
Montpelier man charged in crash deaths of his 2 young children
An eastern Indiana man has been charged in the deaths of his two young children, with authorities alleging he had drugs in his system when his pickup truck was involved in a fiery crash.
14-year sentence affirmed for man who killed 2 in high-speed crash
A man must serve a 14-year sentence for driving his SUV through a red light at 89 mph and killing two women whose car he slammed into in a Speedway intersection, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday. The decision also further chipped away at 1999 caselaw partially overturned this year that had stood as double jeopardy jurisprudence.