INDIANAPOLIS – Armed suspect shot by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officer, after suspect had allegedly robbed a nearby gas station. At approximately 12:38 a.m., IMPD officers were dispatched to an Armed Robbery of the Thortons Gas Station located in the 6800 block of West Washington St. Officers were already …
Read More »Funeral Procession Route for Howard County Deputy Carl Koontz
The Howard County Sheriff’s Department has finalized the funeral procession to honor the life of Deputy Carl Koontz, killed in the line of duty March 20th, 2016. Deputy Koontz was fatally wounded while attempting to serve a warrant in Russiaville Indiana. Sergeant Jordan Buckley was also wounded in the incident, …
Read More »Criminal Homicide being investigated by IMPD detectives on the city’s far East side
INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) homicide detectives are investigating a shooting that resulted in the death of an unidentified male. IMPD officers were dispatched in reference to shots fired with a male lying in the street, shortly after midnight, in the 9800 block of Lake Terrace South Dr, …
Read More »IMPD detectives investigating Criminal Homicide on city’s near West side
INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) detectives are investigating the shooting death of an unidentified male. IMPD officers were dispatched at approximately 8:20a.m. to the 800 block of W 26th St on a call of a body located in the alley. Officers located a black male, in his late …
Read More »Internet Predator From Avon Sentenced in Federal Court
INDIANAPOLIS –United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today the sentencing of an Avon, Indiana, man who terrorized young girls on the internet. Spencer Wheeler, 27, was sentenced to 36 years in federal prison by Chief District Judge Richard L. Young. “Wheeler targeted girls as young as 11 years for …
Read More »IMPD Makes Arrest in Fatal Hit and Run on Norton Avenue
Detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s Hit and Run Unit arrested 28-year-old Jesse McLemore for the crash that killed 39-year-old Ryan Ziemer. The crash occurred in the 1100 block of Norton Avenue in the early morning hours of Friday, March 11, 2016. Just before 3:30 a.m., officers were sent to the 1100 blk. …
Read More »ISP Receives Donation of 50 Automatic External Defibrillators; Organizer of Donation Receives Sagamore of the Wabash
Indianapolis – Indiana Governor Mike Pence and Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter thanked Pierre Twer, founder of Bolt for the Heart, for the donation of more than 50 Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) at a press conference held earlier today at the Indiana Farm Bureau Building on the State Fairgrounds. …
Read More »IMPD to transition into beat policing
INDIANAPOLIS – In an effort to enhance the collaboration between citizens and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the process to implement beat policing will begin in late April when new recruits hit the streets. A three year plan will be developed to address staffing needs and responsibilities. Mayor Joe Hogsett …
Read More »Bridge Deck Overlay Project will Restrict State Road 39 in Hendricks County beginning Thursday
HENDRICKS COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announce a bridge deck overlay project on State Road 39 (S.R. 39) two and one half miles north of U.S. 36 will restrict traffic to one 11’ lane on the bridges over Milford Creek and the west fork of White …
Read More »Locally-Based Marketing and Advertising Agency Grows in Central Indiana
Matchbook Creative, a strategic branding and advertising firm and registered Women Business Enterprise, will invest $581,000 to expand its Indianapolis-based headquarters, renovating a formerly vacant two-story building at 1317 N. Pennsylvania Street on the Old Northside. The new facility will more than double the firm’s office space to 7,000 square …
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