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Journal & Courier
April 27, 2018
Woody Ricks named names when he said West Lafayette police chief tried to clear the field for primary against Sheriff Barry Richard. ... LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After a bruising night on live TV in early April and bearing the weight of challengers who say the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office's only real problemÃâà...
Journal & Courier
April 27, 2018
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Roommates don't always get along, but a disagreement Wednesday eventually landed two men in jail. One roommate living at 1833 Summit Drive called West Lafayette police about 8:35 p.m. Wednesday, complaining that another roommate threatened him, according to police.
Journal & Courier
April 27, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Lanique Amor Harris told her boyfriend, Yvincent Beard, he wasn't going to borrow her sister's car Wednesday evening, which led to an argument that ended when Harris fired a shot, according to Lafayette police. As Harris and Beard argued, the fight migrated outside of the house atÃâà...
Journal & Courier
April 27, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Road rage appears to be the genesis for 31-year-old Kathleen Ann Ashba to point a firearm at another driver about 1:10 a.m. Thursday, according to a police report. Ashba was a passenger in a car driven by 33-year-old Christopher Lee Williams, and they tailgated a car driven byÃâà...
wlfi.com
April 26, 2018
One shot fired in Lafayette incident; police on scene. Several ... LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) -- Several Lafayette police officers are in the area of 13th and Greenbush streets, after a report of a domestic disturbance. ... Police say they have one woman in custody for the incident, but she hasn't yet been identified.
Fox 59
April 25, 2018
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Police in West Lafayette are conducting a death investigation involving a Purdue University student. According to the West Lafayette Police Department, police and paramedics were called to the 108 S. River Rd. around 12:30 p.m. Sunday. That's where they found 20-year-oldÃâà...
Journal & Courier
April 24, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A bottle of vodka. ... Prosecutors charged Major D. Townsend, 36, with eight charges, accusing him of shooting a 27-year-old Lafayette man in the leg about 6:45 a.m. April 7. ... The shooting victim was supposed to buy Townsend a bottle of vodka, which he did, according to police.
Journal & Courier
April 12, 2018
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A domestic argument Thursday morning turned to a fight, turned to a woman asking for help from her ex-husband, which later ... Dziedzic and his girlfriend started fighting Thursday morning inside their mobile home at 4331 Indiana 43 North, lot 4, and the girlfriend called herÃâà...
Journal & Courier
April 9, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A gunshot ended a 27-year-old man's argument with another man early Saturday, according to Lafayette police. Someone summoned police to 1412 Broadway about 6:45 a.m., reporting the man had been shot. Police found him inside the house with a wound to his leg, police said.
wlfi.com
April 4, 2018
He is preliminarily charged with criminal recklessness while armed with a deadly weapon, criminal recklessness with a vehicle, pointing a firearm, carrying a handgun without a license and driving while suspended with a prior. These alternative meeting spots are well lit and have surveillance. Police sayÃâà...
Journal & Courier
April 4, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Wind from Tuesday evening's storms knocked over three large trees on historic South Ninth Street between South and Elliott streets, ... Police and emergency management personnel traveled the cities and county reporting damage ranging from debris, trees down and power outages.
wlfi.com
April 3, 2018
According to Lafayette police, they also took complaints from neighbors who thought they heard gunshots as well. Police said officers followed up in the daylight and found several shell casings outside an apartment complex in the 1800 block of Shoshone Drive. No damage was identified and no injuriesÃâà...
Journal & Courier
April 3, 2018
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Twenty-one-year-old Brendan Johnathan Weaver planned on spending $150 on a Playstation 4, not on a couple of discarded books in a con, according to West Lafayette police. The not-so-smooth exchange ended with shots fired, a chase and Weaver's arrest. The incident ledÃâà...
wlfi.com
April 3, 2018
Tippecanoe County Health Department is teaming up with local police to properly dispose of used needles in the community. Posted: Apr. 2, 2018 5:50 PM. Updated: Apr. 2, 2018 6:41 PM. Posted By: Kayla Sullivan. LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Tippecanoe County Health Department is teaming up with local police toÃâà...
Journal & Courier
April 3, 2018
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — If it hadn't been for Kenneth Michael Spires parking in a handicapped spot, police might not have arrested Spires and his two passengers. But West Side police noticed Spires' car in the handicapped spot, and the car did not have the credentials to park there. The officer ran aÃâà...
Journal & Courier
March 27, 2018
Police: Man bites officer while blood tested for DUI ... LAFAYETTE — A man bit a police officer twice while getting his blood tested for DUI, Lafayette police said. "They try to ... Curtis was eventually found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.182, more than twice the legal limit for motorists in Indiana, police said.
Journal & Courier
March 21, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Acquitted murder suspect Darius Printup walked out of Victoria Ezra's house late Monday morning, got into Mykaila Johnson's car and ... Asked Wednesday if police surveilled Johnson and Ezra after Printup's arrest of because of the apparent relationship to Printup, Lafayette police Sgt.
Journal & Courier
March 21, 2018
People complained on We Tip Hotline about drug use at 925 S. Fourth St., so police showed up there about 11 p.m. Monday, according to police. With the help of a police dog, officers ... Police also arrested Cortney Taylor-Metzger, 42, 1103 N. Seventh St., apartment 5, Lafayette. Fisher faces preliminaryÃâà...
Journal & Courier
March 21, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Since jurors acquitted Darius Printup of murder eight months ago, he's been arrested four times — most recently Monday afternoon. Prosecutors ... Police were looking for Printup on a Tippecanoe Superior 4 warrant on a petition to revoke his probation, Lafayette police said. He pleadedÃâà...
Journal & Courier
March 21, 2018
FRANKFORT, Ind. — A southbound semi rolled over in a crash on Interstate 65 between the Indiana 47 and Indiana 28 exits, according to Indiana State Police Sgt. Kim Riley, who was en route to the crash at 1:40 p.m. Tuesday. The semi's driver, 30-year-old Mirlan Tynybekov of Cerrito, California, wasÃâà...
wlfi.com
March 20, 2018
On March 15, 2016, David Kallenberger was riding his motorcycle from Lafayette to Florida when he broke down south of Indianapolis. A trooper pulled over to help him, but Kallenberger said he already had a ride on the way. That was the last anyone saw of him. Police are now putting out a renewed callÃâà...
Journal & Courier
March 13, 2018
Sumire, 80, and Ei-ichi Negishi, 82, of West Lafayette, had been reported as missing on Monday, according to the Indiana State Police. Ogle County police found Ei-ichi Negishi at 5 a.m. Tuesday, after receiving a call asking officers to check on the welfare of an elderly man walking on North Route 251,Ãâà...
wlfi.com
March 13, 2018
The Lafayette SWAT team tried to make negotiations with him. The Tippecanoe County Coroner's Office is on their way. Police say the man is possibly dead, they are just waiting for the coroner to confirm it. The scene at Holloway and Washington streets is stable. Police say it is an ongoing investigation.
wlfi.com
March 11, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI)— Around 8:30 p.m., Lafayette police were called to a home in the 700-block of Union Street on Friday for a report of a suspicious odor and suspected drug abuse. ... The Indiana State Police Meth Suppression Team was called to assist in the collection and disposal of the meth lab.
wlfi.com
March 7, 2018
Police say the officer had his lights and sirens on driving down Teal Road between 9th and 18th streets. They say another car pulled into the officer's path. The crash spun the squad car into a utility pole, toppling it. Neither driver reported any serious injuries and no citations have been issued. Police sayÃâà...
WRTV Indianapolis
March 2, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A man was shot and killed near a street corner in Lafayette early Friday morning. Lafayette Police were called to the intersection of 9th Street and ... The shooting remains under investigation by the Lafayette Police Department. MORE TOP STORIES | No survivors in Indiana plane crash,Ãâà...
wlfi.com
March 2, 2018
In February of this year, Tippecanoe County Superior Court 5 issued a felony arrest warrant for Parese Christopher Butler for threats/intimidation. Anyone with information about Butler's whereabouts is asked to contact the Lafayette Police at (765) 807-1200 or the anonymous We-Tip Hotline at (800)Ãâà...
Journal & Courier
March 2, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Police found a man mortally shot and lying in an alley in the 900 block of Virginia Street about 7:10 a.m. Friday. Police received the report of a man shot at 7:07 a.m. and arrived a few minutes later, Lafayette police Sgt. Matt Gard said. Just before the shooting, a neighbor let his dog out.
Journal & Courier
March 1, 2018
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Nicole Spring White dropped her wallet Wednesday on the way out of Menards, where she is suspected of shoplifting a nail gun, according to West Lafayette police. White, 47, 620 S. Fourth St., Lafayette, lifted the nail gun and left the store without paying for it about 5:40 p.m.,Ãâà...
Journal & Courier
March 1, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Tips pointed police to possible drug activity inside apartment B at 233 S. Fourth St., so after talking with someone familiar with the house Tuesday afternoon, officers got a search warrant. A short time later, four people went to jail on drug-related charges, according to Lafayette police.
Journal & Courier
March 1, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Instead of discovering Goldielocks eating porridge in the home of unsuspecting bears, police found a woman inside an unsuspecting man's apartment using drugs, according to Lafayette police. Fifty-four-year-old Danny Mark Vaulx discovered his door kicked in about 6:45 p.m. andÃâà...
wlfi.com
March 1, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - Lafayette police say there has been a recent increase in reports for vandalism. ... Lafayette police tell News 18 there has been an increase in reports for graffiti. ... This all comes after police were called to investigate similar vandalism in the downtown area earlier this month.
wlfi.com
March 1, 2018
After a series of threats came to light at Lafayette Jeff, officers' hours were extended so they could be around before, after and during school. Police said they have not found anything credible in the threats and the extra patrols are only precautionary. Lafayette Jefferson High School Principal Mark PrestonÃâà...
Journal & Courier
February 28, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Threats made Monday at Jefferson High School have been found to be the acts of copycats, Lafayette Schools Superintendent Les Huddle said Tuesday morning. A 14-year-old boy made a threat early in the morning saying he wanted to hurt kids, Lafayette police Lt. Scott Galloway saidÃâà...
Journal & Courier
February 28, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Thirty-two-year-old Justin A. Redmon of Hendersonville, Tennessee, is the driver who jumped from his speeding car during a police chase just before noon Monday, according to the Indiana State Police. He's in critical condition at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, accordingÃâà...
wlfi.com
February 27, 2018
"Should we find a student or group of students that are responsible for saying things that are inappropriate, posting things that are inappropriate, at minimum discipline or consequences from the Lafayette School Corporation, as far as the police department they'll decide if it's an offense that is arrestable,"Ãâà...
Journal & Courier
February 27, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Most people who flee from the police in a car have the common sense to slow down or stop before bailing out of the car. But not the man driving a 2008 VW EOS. An Indiana State trooper tried to stop the black northbound coupe just before noon for a simple traffic violation, but the driverÃâà...
Journal & Courier
February 23, 2018
Police: Woman ends argument by firing 5 shots into the air ... LAFAYETTE, Ind. — An argument led to a fight inside Champs Bar early Thursday, prompting 31-year-old Keya Martemus Erves to get her pistol from her car, which eventually led to her arrest, according ... Police caught up with her on Indiana 38.
Journal & Courier
February 20, 2018
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Most people go to work knowing they'll be home by 6 o'clock, but that doesn't hold true for police officers. ... Lafayette Police Chief Patrick Flannelly, West Lafayette Police Chief Jason Dombkowski and Indiana Fraternal Order of Police Vice President Toby Deaton also addressed theÃâà...
Police News
February 6, 2018
Provide traffic control, crowd control and security at sporting and special events. Actively support and participate in the community policing philosophy of the department. Provide appropriate police services with emphasis in the parking enforcement area by enforcing Indiana State laws and University rulesÃâà...
Journal & Courier
January 30, 2018
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — West Lafayette police found 900 grams of marijuana inside a Waterford Place Apartment, and arrested four people, three of whom are charged with dealing drugs, ... Police also accused Dudley of possession of the ecstasy, which is classified as a legend drug in Indiana code.
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