By the late 1990s, several men had been identified as likely victims of Herb Baumeister at his Fox Hollow Farm. Now a new team of investigators is trying to finish the task for as many as 25 victims.
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Family members, a determined coroner and state researchers are behind a renewed effort to identify all of the unknown dead whose remains are among some 10,000 bones and fragments unearthed on Herbert Baumeister’s suburban Indianapolis property.
An executive with the Westfield-based company that plans to develop a $1.2 billion science and space exploration complex near Grand Park Sports Campus has sued the firm, alleging he hasn’t received a large portion of the compensation he is contractually owed.
A Richmond bank’s mortgage interest, in its entirety, takes priority in a complex land project case involving multiple developers, contractors and the city of Westfield, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Friday.
The Westfield City Council on Monday night voted to impose term limits on elected city officials despite concerns from some councilors that the decision could result in lawsuits being filed against the city.
The owner of Pacers Athletic Center in Westfield is nearing a resolution to a lawsuit filed against its former operations chief and the developer of a planned $42 million sports park in northeast Indiana.
An Indianapolis attorney suspended from practicing in the Indiana Southern District Court following a misdemeanor resisting law enforcement conviction has received reciprocal discipline from the Indiana Supreme Court.
Prosecutors are asking for an eight-year prison sentence for former financial executive Kerri Agee of Noblesville, who was found guilty in August of four counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy.
A Westfield man accused of operating a years-long scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of dollars from the ophthalmology practice where he worked has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, federal authorities announced Thursday.
The city of Westfield is once again suing Clerk-Treasurer Cindy Gossard, this time for giving an outside information technology contractor unauthorized access to the city’s computers.
A jury has delivered guilty verdicts on all charges against the former officers and employees of a now-defunct financial services firm in Westfield.
A federal judge has sentenced a Westfield businessman to five years in prison in connection with a Ponzi-style scheme in which he induced 100 individuals to sink more than $11 million into his companies.
A federal fraud trial involving several former officers and employees of a now-defunct financial services firm in Westfield began on Monday.
Westfield Mayor Andy Cook and Clerk-Treasurer Cindy Gossard have agreed to end a legal battle over the administration’s access to city records and how those records were handled as part of an investigation into the city’s finances.
The Westfield City Council on Monday decided to get more involved in the ongoing and expanding legal fight between the city’s mayor and clerk-treasurer by launching an investigation into the matter.
The owner of a Westfield warehouse is entitled to recover the costs of removing abandoned property in addition to unpaid rent after a tenant defaulted on lease payments, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday in a partial reversal. The cost of removal is twice the unpaid rent, according to the ruling.
Hemp-processing companies are investing millions of dollars into refineries across Hamilton County to close a gap in the state’s CBD supply chain.
A Zamboni driver that was fired after crashing the machine in an ice rink lost his appeal when the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded he failed to prove his employer failed to accommodate his disability.
A man who appealed judgments against him in a trust case involving a 40-acre Westfield property lost in virtually all respects and now is on the hook for the appellate legal fees of relatives who sued to block his actions.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the denial of a digital billboard company’s motion for preliminary injunction against the City of Westfield, finding its due process rights were not violated when the city ordered construction on a billboard to stop.
The founders and three other former officers and employees of Westfield-based Banc-serv Partners LLP have been indicted in connection with what federal prosecutors describe as a 13-year-long conspiracy to defraud the Small Business Administration.