Richmond police are investigating whether two calls for shots fired early Wednesday (Aug. 5) on different sides of town are related. Third-shift officers responded to the first call in the 600 block of South West A Street at approximately 2:37 a.m. No injuries were reported, but damage to a house was located. A vehicle was […]
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Sheriff releases photo of armed robbery suspect at Cambridge City store
Wayne County Sheriff Randy Retter has shared a photo of an armed robbery suspect at a Cambridge City convenience store. The sheriff’s office investigated an armed robbery at Village Pantry, 1375 South Indiana 1 shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday, July 29. An unknown white male entered the store at approximately 11:02 p.m. demanding cash and […]
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Arrest made in local woman’s 1986 disappearance
Fayette County Sheriff’s Department announced an arrest Thursday, July 9, in the 1986 disappearance of Denise Pflum from eastern Indiana. Pflum, then 18, disappeared from Connersville on March 28, 1986, but her case remained unsolved. On Thursday, Shawn M. McClung was charged with voluntary manslaughter, a Class B felony, after an investigation led by Sheriff […]
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Sheriff asks any victims to come forward after man facing child porn charge admits contact with women, girl
Wayne County Sheriff Randy Retter is asking anyone who might be a victim of a man who admitted to police that he touched women in public and rubbed up against a girl in a local store to share their stories. The suspect, James Duane Brooks, 53, was arrested Friday, June 19, after the sheriff’s department […]
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Indianapolis man arrives at Reid with 2 gunshot wounds; search leads to arrest
On the same day an arrest was made on an earlier shooting, another person was shot in Richmond. Richmond Police Department officers were dispatched to the area of South 11th and D streets in reference to a disturbance and shots fired call at 3 p.m. Meanwhile, at 3:08 p.m. while officers were on scene of […]
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RPD responds to overnight stabbing
A Richmond man received non-life-threatening stab wounds after an early Tuesday morning incident. Third-shift officers for Richmond Police Department were dispatched at about 1:37 a.m. June 2 to the 600 block of South 13th Street on an initial report of arguing and fighting with shots being fired. While officers have not confirmed that shots were […]
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Richmond Police: Centerville man shot after urging officers to kill him; ISP conducting investigation
A Centerville man has been transported to a Dayton, Ohio, hospital after Richmond police say they were forced to shoot him Sunday morning. Richmond Police Chief Mike Britt has asked Indiana State Police’s Pendleton District to investigate a police action shooting involving officers from Richmond Police Department. The incident occurred shortly before 11 a.m., when […]
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Police respond to stabbing, conduct search related to homicide
Richmond police are continuing their investigations Wednesday on an early morning stabbing and a search conducted Tuesday afternoon related to a recent homicide. Shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday, May 13, third-shift patrol officers were dispatched to Village Pantry at 1201 S. Ninth St. for a stabbing. The stabbing victim’s name has not yet been released […]
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1 teen dies, 1 injured in Richmond shooting
One teen was killed and one was injured in a shooting on Richmond’s west side on Sunday evening. Just after 5 p.m. May 10, second-shift patrol officers for Richmond Police Department were called to the 300 block of Lincoln Street in reference to a shooting. Officers located two victims with gunshot wounds upon arrival, according […]