Silver Alert issued for 8-month-old girl missing from Indianapolis

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  • 2 Franklin elementary schools will have e-learning day Thursday following environmental testing

    FRANKLIN, Ind. — Students will stay home from two Franklin schools Thursday after the district received preliminary results from environmental testing. Students at Needham and Webb Elementary schools will instead have e-learning days, before spring break starts Friday. Franklin Community Schools requested a second round of sampling by Enviroforensics this winter, following up on testing done over the summer, as recommended by the company. The vapor samples were taken from below the concrete floor of the schools. The district said […]

  • IMPD investigating items found on near west side; unclear if related to missing baby

    INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department are investigating items found on the city’s near west side. Police say it’s unclear at this time if the items are related to the case of missing 8-month-old Amiah Robertson. Several law enforcement vehicles are at the scene near the intersection of McCarty Street and Sadie Street, which is a few blocks away from where Amiah’s mother said she last saw her daughter on Holmes Avenue last Thursday. “Our number […]

  • Police arrest 2 New Castle men on drug, driving with suspended license charges

    NEW CASTLE, Ind. — Police arrested two New Castle men on felony drug and driving with a suspended license charges. Around 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, New Castle police say they pulled over a BMW on SR 3 in the area of CR 500 South for driving without headlights on. Officers found 39-year-old David Floyd of New Castle had been driving while his license was suspended for being a habitual traffic violator. Upon further investigation, police say back seat passenger, Joshua Alley, […]

  • Couple to tie the knot at Indy White Castle

    INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Save the date! A couple will soon get married at an Indianapolis White Castle. Brandi Pugh and Jeffrey Jackson won a White Castle wedding radio contest hosted by RadioNOW 100.9. White Castle and the radio station partnered to find the right couple to satisfy their Crave for each other at a Castle campaign. The couple had to submit a 250-word story on why they deserved to get married at White Castle, which was judged on creativity, sincerity […]

  • Bloomington man arrested on child molestation, criminal confinement charges

    BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A Bloomington man has been arrested on charges of child molesting and criminal confinement. Police say 68-year-old Maurice E. Robinson is facing one charge of child molesting where the defendant is at least 21 year of age, three charges of child molesting/fondling with a child under 14 years of age and one charge of criminal confinement where victim was under 14 years of age. Robinson is being held at the Monroe County Jail. This is a developing […]

  • Third scooter company, Spin, coming to Indianapolis

    INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Watch out Bird and Lime, a third scooter company is coming to Indianapolis. The Department of Business and Neighborhood Services issued a business license Wednesday for Spin to operate in the Circle City. The electric scooters have been a point of contention since they were introduced to the city last summer. At one point, they were pulled from the streets because of regulation issues. They returned after the city passed an ordinance. The City wants to remind […]

  • Noblesville police investigate vehicle seat covered with blood and teeth

    NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — The Noblesville Police Department is investigating a suspicious vehicle seat that was discarded and found in a parking lot. At roughly 9 p.m. Tuesday, officers arrived at a Lowe’s parking lot in response to reports of a suspicious item. Police say they found a driver’s or passenger’s side vehicle seat with blood on it and several adult teeth on and around the seat. The seat is believe to have come from a Jeep Wrangler. This is currently […]

  • 10-year-old dedicated to helping his neighborhood named Community Hero

    INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Reese Hamilton is 10 years old, but wiser beyond his years and he’s turning his heart of compassion into action. When violence hit his Indianapolis neighborhood, he decided to do something about it. Reese galvanized his community, Mayor Joe Hogsett, IMPD, and other young people to March for Peace. At 8 years old, he learned about homelessness and it broke his heart. “About how people don’t have food, don’t have clothes or a place to live,” said […]

  • Indianapolis man arrested for allegedly trafficking 16-year-old runaway girl

    INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – An Indianapolis man has been arrested for the alleged human trafficking of a 16-year-old runaway girl. The suspect, 19-year-old Ledarreus Dean, was taken into custody as a result of an undercover prostitution investigation conducted by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday. Over the course of the investigation, IMPD officers say they observed Dean driving the teen to a meeting location in the 2900 block of N. Shadeland Ave. on the city’s northeast side. After further investigation, […]

  • Police searching for missing Hendricks County mother

    HENDRICKS COUNTY, Ind. – Avon police sent an alert about a missing Hendricks County mother. According to the Avon Police Department, Najah Ferrell was last seen on March 15 around 3 a.m. at her home near Dan Jones Road and County Road 100 South. Since then, no one has heard from her. She was initially reported missing to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, which turned the case over to police in Avon. Ferrell is 30 years old and approximately 5’4” […]

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