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AVON, Ind. -- An Avon man has been convicted of attempted murder for shooting at police officers last year. The Hendricks County Prosecutor's Office announced that Marquis Virgil was found guilty of three counts of attempted murder, two counts of criminal recklessness, resisting law enforcement and pointing a firearm. He was also found guilty of [...]
INDIANAPOLIS — Court records suggest detectives have identified a suspect implicated in a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred on the west side of Indianapolis earlier this month. Previous reporting indicates officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were called to the intersection of West Michigan Street and Grande Avenue around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 [...]
BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, Ind. -- A man and a woman have been arrested for witness tampering in connection with the beating and torture of a 19-year-old inside an abandoned barn in Columbus three years ago. The Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of Zablin "Jai" Woodruff and Tracy Smith for their alleged attempts to "improperly [...]
INDIANAPOLIS — A man and woman from Indianapolis are accused of running a sophisticated SNAP benefit scheme that defrauded the government out of nearly $100,000. Luis Rodolfo Valero Aldana, 26, and Ana Virginia Lopez Macias, 29, both of Indianapolis, were charged with conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud, benefits fraud and possession of device-making equipment. [...]
JACKSON COUNTY, Ind. -- Police have arrested two people accused of bringing a firearm onto the property of an elementary school in Jackson County. According to the Brownstown Police Department, a school resource officer reported observing a male "behaving suspiciously" outside Brownstown Elementary School on Friday morning. The investigation led to a male and female [...]
INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indianapolis ride-share driver allegedly raped a customer after a trip to a liquor store on the east side of Indianapolis earlier this year. According to court documents, 36-year-old Roberto Louis has been charged in Marion County with: A warrant for Louis's arrest was issued on Wednesday in Marion County, the court documents [...]
BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Halloween weekend is officially here, and many people will be heading out to pumpkin patches, apple orchards, and corn mazes to celebrate the holiday. Our FOX59/CBS4 team visited one local pumpkin patch to learn the process behind designing a unique corn maze. “We make our plan and then they turn it into [...]
INDIANAPOLIS -- Rick Snyder has announced that he does not plan to seek another term as president of the Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police. Snyder said in a news release shared with FOX59/CBS4 Friday morning that current vice president Bobby Ferguson is ready to "keep the momentum going at this critical juncture," as he threw [...]
CLAY COUNTY, Ind. -- A Kentucky man was recently arrested after he allegedly touched a teenager inappropriately in Clay County. According to a news release from the Indiana State Police, 21-year-old Jacob Youngblood, a Scottsville, Kentucky man, was charged with: A criminal investigation into Youngblood began, according to the Indiana State Police, after troopers received [...]
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis City-County Councilor Crista Lee Wells has officially announced her resignation. According to a post on her Facebook account Friday morning, Wells said her formal resignation will take effect on Saturday. Wells, who represents District 11, served on the council for seven years. Wells said in her resignation letter to Council President Maggie [...]
RICHMOND, Ind. -- Richmond police have arrested a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old in a pair of incidents involving firearms. Officers with the Richmond Police Department responded on Wednesday, Oct. 28, to a reported firearm confrontation. That led to the arrest of 18-year-old Luis Wool on a Level 5 Felony for intimidation with a deadly weapon [...]
DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. – A DeKalb County woman orchestrated a scheme to raise donations under the guise of rescuing dogs who were about to be euthanized. She killed at least one of those dogs, according to investigators. Kayla Dillenburg, 32, is charged with torturing or mutilating a vertebrate animal, a Level 6 felony, along with [...]
October is ending on a warm note, and November will start much the same. Temperatures will stay well above average, with a few rain chances returning after our extended dry stretch. We've had 26 days in the 70s this month, just shy of the record 27 days for the month. Friday will be partly sunny [...]
INDIANAPOLIS – A man died following an early Friday morning shooting on the northeast side. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers were dispatched around 2:20 a.m. Friday to Ellis and Shady Oak drives. That’s near East 42nd Street and Mitthoefer Road. The initial run was for a domestic disturbance, police said. While responding [...]
INDIANAPOLIS -- A semi fire closed part of I-465 on the east side for several hours on Friday. The issued affected southbound I-465 between Brookville Road and U.S. 40. Around 2:30 a.m., the Indiana Department of Transportation reported that all lanes were closed due to a semi fully engulfed in flames. Indiana State Police stated [...]
