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19-year-old woman ‘tried to beat other vehicle’ and caused deadly crash, police say
GASTON, Ind. — A 19-year-old woman is accused of causing a deadly crash all because she was in too much of a rush to stop and wait for oncoming traffic to pass before crossing a road. Adrianna M. Croy of Gaston is charged with causing death while operating a vehicle under the influence of a […]
Silver Alert declared for woman missing from Selma
SELMA, Ind. — Indiana State Police have declared a statewide Silver Alert for a missing woman last seen this week in Delaware County. Local police are investigating the disappearance of 47-year-old Angela Wright, who was last seen around 3 a.m. Sunday in Selma, Indiana. Wright is described by police as a 5’4″, 290-pound woman with […]
Drug dealer arrested after overdose death in Muncie
MUNCIE, Ind. — A Muncie drug dealer is under arrest in the wake of an investigation into a man’s overdose death. Nathan Johnson, 26, of Muncie was arrested on Sept. 27 on preliminary charges of dealing in a controlled substance resulting in death, a Level 1 felony. According to court documents, Muncie police officers were […]
3 arrested during Grant County drug bust
JONESBORO, Ind. — Three people were arrested during a drug bust in Grant County on Friday. According to a press release from the Jonesboro Police Department, an officer conducting proactive patrol operations noticed the smell of narcotics coming from a residence in the 100 block of West 6th Street. The officer subsequently began to investigate […]
Muncie man suffers severe burns in Saturday night blaze at southside home
MUNCIE, Ind. — A Muncie man on Saturday night was severely burned when a fire broke out in a southside garage and spread to an attached home. Dean A. Sailers Sr., 55, was being treated Sunday at a hospital in Indianapolis for burns that reportedly covered about 30 percent of his body. ...
Man in wheelchair dies after hit by car in Fortville
FORTVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — A man in a wheelchair died Monday night after a car hit him on State Road 13 in the Hancock County town of Fortville, the police chief says. A news release from the police chief did not name the man nor the woman who drove the car. The crash happened shortly […]
Farmland man charged with arson after setting fire to stop ‘imaginary people’
FARMLAND, Ind. — A Farmland man reportedly set a house on fire last year after he eventually told police he was trying to stop being tormented by “imaginary people,” according to court documents filed earlier this month in Randolph County. Waylon William St. John, a Farmland resident, was charged with two counts of arson, each […]