State News

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Brazil Man Arrested for Sexual Misconduct With a Minor

Clay County – Indiana State Police initiated a criminal investigation in December 2018, after receiving information that a 13 year old female had been sexually abused. The investigation revealed that Benjamin A. Johnson, age 44 of Brazil, Indiana, allegedly had been engaging in sexual misconduct with a minor.   After reviewing …

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Joint Investigation Leads to Methamphetamine Dealing Arrest

Bedford – In May of this year, the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department and the Indiana State Police began an investigation into methamphetamine dealing taking place on Wesley Chapel Road. After receiving information that methamphetamine was allegedly being dealt there by Jerry Lemmons (52 years old), Lawrence County Police Officer Andrew …

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Department of Child Services, Colts host Books for Youth event

KOKOMO (July 11, 2019) – Forty-seven foster children received backpacks filled with books this week at the eighth-annual Books for Youth event sponsored by the Indiana’s Department of Child Services (DCS), Indianapolis Colts and Cargo Services Inc. The event took place at Haynes International July 9 in Kokomo, where area …

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Lt. Governor grows Indiana-Mexico relationship

PACHUCA, MEXICO (July 10, 2019) — Business roundtables, meetings with senior government officials and the signing of a letter of intent have netted a productive first three days in Mexico, as part of Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch’s second agricultural, economic and tourism development trip. The agriculture delegation spent Monday and …

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Jeffersonville man dies in ORV accident

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a fatal off-road vehicle (ORV) accident near Eckerty in Crawford County. At approximately 11 a.m. yesterday, George E. Williams, age 80, was traveling eastbound on Kaiser Road in a Bush Hog 440 side-by-side style ORV and was attempting to cross State Route 64 when he …

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Juvenile injured in boating incident in Monticello

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a boating incident involving injury that occurred in Monticello on Lake Freeman this morning. Just after 11:30 a.m. first responders were dispatched to Lake Freeman regarding a juvenile who had been injured while wakeboarding. Witnesses on the boat stated the 5 year old was wakeboarding when the front …

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Woman airlifted after ORV accident in Martin County

A Springville woman was seriously injured in an Off Road Vehicle (ORV) accident in Martin County. Tyler George, 22, of Springville, was operating a 2013 Polaris Ranger in a private field near Bear Hill Road in Shoals on July 6 at approximately 11 p.m. when the vehicle rolled over and …

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