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Ex-Dem leader faces fraud sentence

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:49:30 PDT

A former Democratic county chairman in northern Indiana and a party worker convicted of forging signatures on petitions placing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the state's 2008 presidential primary ballot should soon know their punishments.

Neglect charges dropped against woman

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:40:40 PDT

Prosecutors in northern Indiana are dropping child neglect charges against a mother whose two young sons locked themselves in the trunk of her car and died.

ISP trooper shoots, kills suspect

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:02:24 PDT

An Indiana State Trooper was wounded during a shootout with an armed robbery suspect in southwest Indiana Monday afternoon.

Amish factory breaks child labor laws

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:58:37 PDT

A factory was cited for several violations after a 15-year-old's arm was cut off by a machine.

Woman jailed for murder at 15 is freed

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:51:36 PDT

A woman who was sentenced to death at age 16 after she confessed to her part in the torture and murder of a 78-year-old bible studies teacher has been released from an Indiana prison after spending a quarter century behind bars.

Does summer heat up criminal activity?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:55:35 PDT

In some parts of our area when the temperature rises, so does the number of crimes.

Man shot, killed at Indy strip club

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:32:52 PDT

Two homicides are being investigated in the same northwest Indianapolis area in two days.

2009 bomb scare ties to PU grade arrest

Brittany Tyner — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:49:25 PDT

A former Purdue student who is charged with changing his grades while at Purdue is no stranger to the law. Roy Sun has been arrested on campus before.

Cop poser gets 3 years for sex charge

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:02:10 PDT

A man accused of posing as a police officer to try to rape a woman was given 3 years incarceration Thursday.

Drunken driver 6 times over limit?

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:38:52 PDT

Police in Muncie say a woman who an officer stopped after seeing her drive through a yard had a blood-alcohol level more than six times the state's legal limit.

Juror in double murder trial replaced

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:33:47 PDT

A judge has replaced one of the jurors in the death penalty trial of a southwestern Indiana man charged with setting a 2010 fire that killed his fianc�e's two children.

Suspect creates hubbub in courtroom

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:18:43 PDT

A Lafayette man is in jail after a Friday morning altercation with bailiffs at the Tippecanoe County Courthouse. One bailiff was treated for cuts and scratches after the struggle.

Numerous charges for three students

Brittany Tyner — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:37:18 PDT

From an F to an A with a simple keystroke. Three current or former Purdue students face a combined 43 criminal charges after investigators said they hacked into their professors' accounts and changed their grades.

68 arrested at Kenny Chesney concert

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:36:14 PDT

Indiana State Excise Police officers arrested 68 people at the Kenny Chesney concert Thursday night at Klipsch Music Center.

Fugitive Search: Joshua Schnepp

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:22:15 PDT

Lafayette police are asking for the public's help to find a man wanted on intimidation and drug charges.

New law to wipe away criminal records

Krista Henery — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:05:09 PDT

Thousands of Indiana residents could have old criminal records expunged under a new state law that goes into effect next month.

Students charged in grade-change scheme

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:24:36 PDT

Three Purdue engineering students are facing several felony charges after prosecutors say they illegally accessed their professors' accounts and altered their grades to better scores.

Mom pleads not guilty to child porn

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:23:38 PDT

A Gary mother and a man she is accused of allowing to take pornographic photos of her two young daughters have pleaded not guilty to new federal charges.

Two charged with death of Linton teen

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:33:01 PDT

The family of Katelyn Wolfe is finally getting answers Thursday. Charges were revealed in the case involving the 19-year-old Linton teenager that was killed earlier this week.

Man gets decades for making meth

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:58:34 PDT

A Lafayette man has been sentenced to 31 years for making meth in a West Lafayette motel.

Police say man sold drugs to informant

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:34:57 PDT

Police say a Lafayette man incriminated himself by selling meth and other drugs to a police informant.

Suspect tracked down in 2 robberies

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:12:59 PDT

A 26-year-old Monticello man is sitting behind jail bars Wednesday after being tracked down as a robbery suspect.

Police: HS employee arrested for theft

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:35:59 PDT

Police say a Pioneer Junior-Senior High School administrative assistant has been arrested for stealing from a nearby superstore.

Gangs worry Columbian Park residents

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:14:00 PDT

Residents of the Columbian Park neighborhood turned to law enforcement for answers this week. They say the park has seen more gang activity recently.

Deputies investigate string of thefts

Krista Henery — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:05:01 PDT

At least a half-dozen cars were broken into overnight in one West Lafayette neighborhood.

LPD: Battery convict in hot water again

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:02:37 PDT

Police say a Lafayette man who’s already been convicted twice of battery recently received more charges after he beat his wife during a fight over food stamps.

Box truck couple pleads guilty

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:36:18 PDT

A judge accepted a couple's plea agreement after police say they put five of their seven children in the back of a moving truck during a cross-country trip.

Report of shooting investigated

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:56:08 PDT

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported shooting that occurred over the weekend.

Driver sentenced for dragging death

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:39:38 PDT

A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for driving over a woman who was trying to stop him in a northwestern Indiana bar's parking lot and dragging her to her death.

Body of missing teen found, 2 arrested

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:49:17 PDT

Police in western Indiana believe they found the body of missing 19-year-old Katelyn Wolfe. Two men are preliminarily charged with her murder.