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Drug Task Force arrests 5 on Meharry Street, Lafayette, while serving a search warrant
LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― Tippecanoe County Drug Task Force served a search warrant in the 2100 block of Meharry Street about 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, and when they finished, five people were in jail on suspicion of drug-related charges. Inside the house, officers say they found more than a pound-and-a-half of marijuana. They also found edibles, psilocybin mushrooms, 2.7 grams of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and two handguns. ...
Police arrest drunk Kokomo man after chase around city
HOWARD COUNTY, Ind. — A Kokomo man was arrested Friday after leading Indiana State Police on a chase throughout Howard County. Steven D. Armfield, 58, was charged with the following offenses: An officer with the ISP was patrolling near Markland Avenue at approximately 9 p.m. on Friday evening in Howard County when he attempted to […]
Harrison High School student suspected of strangling student during locker-room fight
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― A Harrison High School student was taken to the hospital Friday after a locker-room fight, and a second student went to juvenile intake, according to Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office. A 16-year-old student put a 17-year-old student in a choke hold, causing the boy being strangled to pass out, according to the sheriff's office. ...
Kokomo PD: Woman set fires inside National Guard Armory
KOKOMO, Ind. — A woman is under arrest after allegedly being caught at a National Guard Armory setting fires. According to the Kokomo Police Department, police and fire crews were called out to the armory on Markland Avenue on Sunday, at approximately 11:16 p.m. After firefighters extinguished several small fires believed to be intentionally set, […]
2 arrested after string of storage unit burglaries in Bartholomew County
COLUMBUS, Ind. –A man and a woman were recently arrested in Bartholomew County after they were reportedly connected with a string of storage unit burglaries in Columbus. According to a news release, 29-year-old Dustin Eakle, a Columbus resident, and 30-year-old Madison Poynter, a Noblesville resident, were but arrested on burglary charges, each a Level 5 […]