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A death investigation is underway at the Miami Correctional Facility after an inmate was found dead Tuesday morning.

BUNKER HILL — The Indiana State Police has launched an investigation this week into the death of an inmate at the Miami Correctional Facility.

TIPTON CO. - On Friday, January 19, just before 8:30 a.m., the Indiana State Police and the Tipton County Sheriff's Office responded to a two-vehicle fatal crash on State Road 28 near South County Road 250 E in Hobbs, IN. A preliminary investigation by Master Trooper Ron Fisher reveale ...

Two people were arrested Friday, Nov. 3 following a pursuit through three counties, according to a press release from the Indiana State Police.

PERU – On October 23, 2023, detectives from the Indiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division at the Peru Post initiated an investigation at the request of the Wabash County Sheriff’s Office into the death of a highway worker identified as Aaron Burton, 51 years of age. A preliminary inv ...

MIAMI - Wednesday, detectives from the Indiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division at the Peru Post initiated an investigation at the request of the Miami Correctional Facility into the death of inmate 29-year-old Dwayne L. Pope. Investigators are being assisted by the Miami County Cor ...

MIAMI CO. - A traffic stop on South Broadway Avenue in Peru resulted in a drug arrest. Tuesday, at approximately 11:03 p.m., Trooper Kegan Kern conducted a traffic stop on a blue Hyundai due to the license plate being expired in 2022. While speaking with the driver, Jeffrey Azbell, 57, of Peru, ...

A Peru man was arrested September 5 after a traffic stop led to a trooper discovering drugs, a press release from the Indiana State Police says.

WABASH CO.  - On August 25, 2023, officers with the Indiana State Police Peru District, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), arrested a subject identified to be Adam Taylor, 40, from Wabash, IN, for Possession of Child Pornography.  The investigation began when a cyber t ...

Indiana State Police arrested a Peru woman Saturday night for operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a minor following a single-vehicle crash.