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  • Criminal Immunity for Good Samaritans Rescuing Pets from Hot Cars
    Criminal Immunity for Good Samaritans Rescuing Pets from Hot Cars

    On May 1, 2017, Governor Holcomb signed House Enrolled Act 1085 into law. The act will go into effect on July 1, 2017, and provides criminal immunity to anyone who breaks into a hot car to rescue a ...

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  • Southern Indiana Officials Support New Law Requiring DNA Samples for Felony Arrests
    Southern Indiana Officials Support New Law Requiring DNA Samples for Felony Arrests

    Indiana Senator Erin Houchin recently drafted Senate Enrolled Act 322, requiring those accused of a felony to provide a DNA sample at the time of their arrest. Simplified, this new law requires that ...

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  • Beloved Knightstown Basketball Player Dylan Hiner Dies in Crash on IN-38
    Beloved Knightstown Basketball Player Dylan Hiner Dies in Crash on IN-38

    On May 4, 2017, just before 5 p.m., 17 year-old Dylan Hiner was heading west on IN-38 in a 2012 silver Ford Focus when he drifted across the centerline and collided head-on with another vehicle. The ...

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  • Marc Cook Killed After Being Struck by DUI Driver
    Marc Cook Killed After Being Struck by DUI Driver

    On Wednesday, May 11, 2017, at approximately 1:15 PM, 30 year-old Marc Cook was posted outside his repair van, topped by a flashing yellow light, on the right shoulder of westbound I-70 near the Rural ...

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  • Caleb Fish Dies in Jenning's County Automobile Accident, Others Sustained Non-Life Threatening Injuries
    Caleb Fish Dies in Jenning's County Automobile Accident, Others Sustained Non-Life Threatening Injuries

    On April 30, 2017, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Caleb Fish was killed in an automobile accident in Jenning’s County on State Route 750. The 18-year-old North Vernon resident was traveling westbound in ...

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  • Carmel Police Motorcycle Officer Injured in Accident on Range Line Road
    Carmel Police Motorcycle Officer Injured in Accident on Range Line Road

    On February 21, 2017, just after 12:00 p.m., Officer Scott Spillman was traveling along a roundabout located off of Range Line Road and Carmel Drive. The 47-year-old Carmel Police Department Officer ...

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