INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Officer Noe Reyes, was fired upon during a foot pursuit, after attempting to stop a black Pontiac Grand Prix for a speeding violation. Just after 11p.m. on the City’s East side, Officer Reyes was on routine patrol when he observed a black Pontiac …
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Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today signed bipartisan legislation to combat drug abuse in Indiana. These bills were recommendations of the Governor’s Task Force on Drug Enforcement, Treatment and Prevention, which was created on September 1, 2015 by Governor Pence and consists of experts from a variety of specialties tasked …
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Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence has directed that flags at state facilities statewide be flown at half-staff following the announcement that Howard County Sheriff’s Deputy Carl Koontz was killed in the line of duty. Flags should be flown at half-staff beginning immediately until sunset on the day of Deputy Koontz’ funeral. …
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Indianapolis – Saturday March 19th at approximately 11:30 p.m. the Indiana State Police were dispatched to reports of a serious crash on I-465 southbound at the 12 mile marker. Within minutes Trooper Cameron Bottema arrived on scene, he located an unresponsive female inside a Grey 2013 Chrysler. Bottema immediately began life saving …
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(Howard County, IN)-Howard County Sheriff Steve Rogers announced that 27 year old Deputy Carl A. Koontz, an almost three year veteran of the Howard County Sheriff Department died as a result of the gunshot injuries he sustained during a warrant service early Sunday morning. At approximately 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Koontz, …
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INDIANAPOLIS – On Saturday, March 19th, officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were called to the VA Hospital to help three juvenile males who were threatened by a man with a gun. At nearly the same time, the IUPUI Police Department was dispatched to the nearby area to investigate a …
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PUTNAM COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces State Road 240 (S.R. 240) will close on or after Friday, April 1 for a bridge rehabilitation project east of Greencastle over Deer Creek. Duncan Robertson, Inc. was awarded the $341,882 contract. This project will overlay the deck located …
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INDIANAPOLIS – Detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department arrested two men in connection with the Thursday morning robbery of the Rich Oil located in the 6000 block of Brookville Road. The suspects, 31-year-old Kevin Jones and 18-year-old Theondre Matthews, were taken into custody following a crash and a short foot …
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Indianapolis – Trooper David Ploog recently returned to his Indiana State Police duties after nearly a year long Military Deployment in North Kuwait. Ploog is a 2002 graduate of Arsenal Tech High School and a four year Indiana State Police veteran who primarily patrols Shelby County. He is also active in the Indiana National Guard …
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Vigo County—At 11:00 this morning, Indiana State Police troopers and members of the Terre Haute Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle crash in the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the 7.5 mile marker. The crash involved a camper and an INDOT vehicle. Preliminary investigation revealed a white 1991 camper, …
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