An Indiana man seemed to think it was a joke when he was arrested earlier this week for breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home. Hayden Cooper, 30, stuck his tongue out and grinned in a mugshot taken after his arrest on Wednesday. He’s been charged with felony residential entry, WBIW reported. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office deputies …
The Indiana parents of an 8-month old girl have been arrested after the child was found weighing just nine pounds and suffering from severe malnourishment. The Jennings County Sheriff’s Office said Benjamin Tackett and Kayla Thompson, both 25, frequently locked the baby in a room alone for 10 hours at a time while they slept. …
A Kentucky woman was found dead in a fish and wildlife area in Indiana, and investigators are looking at a person of interest in her death. But Henderson, Kentucky, officials haven’t said if they’re looking at a murder investigation. The body was found Sunday in Indiana’s Blue Grass Fight and Wildlife Area, a few miles …
An Indiana father charged with murder in the death of his 6-year-old son has pleaded guilty to the charge. Franklin Elmore Jr., 29, entered the guilty plea earlier this month and is scheduled to be sentenced on November 25, WNDU reported. Elmore and his wife, 27-year-old Cheyenne Elmore — 6-year-old Justin Elmore’s stepmother — were …
An Indiana woman was charged with murder after she allegedly shot and killed a man who honked at her when she didn’t move after a traffic light turned green. An affidavit says that Deborah Benefiel, 23, got angry when 21-year-old Kentrell Settles honked his horn and drove around her, then followed him and fired a …
A 20-year-old Indiana man is behind bars, accused of killing his mother and burning her body in the backyard. Nicholas Yates was arrested after police investigated his own missing person report for Cheryl Yates, WTHR reported. Court documents say Yates reported his mother missing on October 5, telling Vermillion County deputies that he last saw …
A former professional football player turned television analyst was arrested over the weekend after a bizarre altercation outside an Indianapolis hotel. According to an affidavit from the incident, Indianapolis police arrived at Loughmiller’s Pub and Eatery just after 12:30 a.m. Saturday and found Mark Sanchez, 38, “with several stab wounds to his upper right torso …
A Indiana man has been charged with shooting his girlfriend in the head — in front of her toddler daughter — and then claiming to police that she shot herself in a struggle over his illegally owned gun, which he was using to pistol whip her. Tyairz Glover, 20, was charged with 19-year-old LaNya Anderson’s …
An Indiana woman and her boyfriend have been charged with neglect of a dependent after the woman’s disabled 19-year-old daughter was found dead in conditions police described as “heartbreaking and unacceptable.” Police and medical personnel were called to the home just after 11 a.m. on July 24, where they found Caleigh Lindsay dead at the …
An Indiana jury found a Madison County man guilty last week in the shooting death of his wife, who was found sitting next to him in an SUV with multiple gunshot wounds. Jeremy Hinson, 49, faces 50 to 65 years in prison when he is sentenced next month, the Madison County Prosecutor’s Office said. As …
An Indiana man has been arrested after his decapitated father’s body was found at one home and the head at another. Bryce Winnecke, 33, had been set to appear in court on Monday, WAVE reported, but the hearing was postponed because of a medical emergency. A 911 caller reported the crime Friday morning shortly before …
An Indiana couple was formally charged with murder this week in the death of a 6-year-old boy. Franklin Elmore Jr., 29, and Cheyenne Elmore, 27, appeared in court on Monday to face the charges for the death of Franklin Elmore’s son, WNDU reports. As CrimeOnline reported, the Elmores were arrested last week after the child …
