The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that individuals considered “serious sex offenders” can attend church even if the facilities offer Sunday school or child care where minors are present. According to the CNHI Statehouse Reporter, the appellate court overturned a Boone Superior Court ruling that three sex offenders couldn’t attend churches that offered programs that …
An Indiana pastor faces a laundry list of felony charges after police say they have identified multiple child molestation victims over a month-long investigation. According to the Indianapolis Star, 72-year-old Garry Evans, who had been the pastor of Rushville Baptist Temple for three decades, became the subject of an investigation in early September after a …
One of the teen girls said she “always dreamed” of going to Walmart
A Hobart, Indiana, man with a lengthy history of sexually abusing animals has reportedly asked a federal court for chemical castration as a condition of his release, according to the Chicago Tribune. The unorthodox request came from Michael Bessigano, 46, who has been jailed since January for consciously receiving “obscene matters from an interactive computer service.” …
A 1-month-old baby boy remains in critical condition after his father reportedly grabbed him by the throat, choked him, and threw him into a ceiling fan. Prosecutors said Robert Jackson Jones Jr., 24, of Muskogee, Indiana, also confessed to smothering and slamming his infant son to stop his crying. The boy’s mother, Emma Whitehead, 22, …
A 29-year-old Indiana man was arrested Monday for reportedly using GoFundMe to meet a 14-year-old girl in Montana. The Missoulian reported that William Eugene White Jr. of Montezuma, Indiana, is accused of starting an online crowdfunding campaign in efforts to meet his underage “fiancée.” A representative from GoFundMe told KGVO that the campaign was immediately removed, White …
Police alleged that an Indiana teenager was speeding and on opiates when she caused a wreck that killed two sisters. People reported that Alia Sierra, 17, is being charged as an adult on 10 felony counts, including reckless homicide, causing death while operating a motor vehicle with a controlled substance in the blood, and criminal …
A tip in the Delphi double murder case of two teen girls led authorities to a man who confessed to killing his own uncle. WLFI reports that Kevin Sellers, 39, admitted to shooting and killing his uncle, 50-year-old David Sellers, in 2007 at their shared home. Authorities found David Sellers with a gunshot wound to the head at …
A photo emerged online that captured an Indiana police officer walking his young son to school just hours before he lost his life in the line of duty. FOX reports that Southport Police Department Lt. Aaron Allan walked his son to the first day of Kindergarten, while his wife stood behind him and snapped a photo of …
Authorities say the Ohio woman shot at a gender reveal party earlier this month “lied” when claimed she was pregnant and lost her baby. According to Colerain Township Police Chief Mark Denney, there’s no information as to why Cheyanne Willis, 21, hosted a “gender reveal” party if she was indeed not pregnant. A gender reveal party is specifically …
The mother and father of a 7-month-old are facing neglect charges after they allegedly took their daughter to a bar—where the mother breastfed her while throwing back beers. At around 12:30 a.m. on Friday, responding officers caught a reported intoxicated Shari Treba, 42, with her child, outside Wild Beaver Saloon in Indianapolis. She claimed that …
The children’s father was found torn apart by feral dogs years before
