Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson is warning potential home buyers that scammers are using authentications from her office to create the illusion they own vacant property and trick Indiana residents into fraudulent real estate deals. The scammers identify abandoned homes and then create documents that are notarized and carry the state’s gold seal. Lawson said most of the cases target Hispanics with language barriers.
 

Work continued Monday to clean up a diesel fuel leak in Indianapolis that has kept 56th Street near Guion Road closed for five days. Officials say more than 20,000 gallons of fuel leaked from the damaged pipeline owned by Marathon Petroleum Corp. A 20-foot section of the pipe has been replaced. Crews had hoped to reopen the road on Monday, but now say it will be closed until at least Tuesday.
 

The Indianapolis Cultural Trail celebrates its official completion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday. The Get Down On It weekend celebration kicks off at City Market near Market and Alabama streets at 3:45 p.m., when U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will join local officials and trail representatives to formally open the eight-mile trail. On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., organizers plan 85 free events along the path, including an exotic-animal petting zoo, hot air balloons, dancing lessons and live music.
 

West 56th Street on the northwest side of Indianapolis remained closed Friday morning as crews worked to clean up about 9,000 gallons of diesel fuel that leaked from a Marathon oil pipeline. The leak was discovered at about 4:30 a.m. Thursday in the 5600 block of Guion Road after officials received reports of a strong odor coming from the area. Cleanup is expected to take several weeks.
 

A Marion County sheriff’s deputy was arrested early Friday for allegedly driving while intoxicated in a construction zone. Matthew Milharcic, 58, of Avon, was pulled over in an unmarked department vehicle on County Road 100 North in Hendricks County at about 1:30 a.m. Officials said Milharcic had a 0.21 blood-alcohol level, nearly three times the legal limit.
 

Police blocked West 56th Street on the northwest side at about 4 a.m. Thursday as emergency crews responded to reports of what appeared to be an oil or gas spill. According to the Pike Township Fire Department, the substance appeared to be some type of petroleum product leaking from an underground pipe. Representatives of the Marion County Health Department said nearby residents were not in danger. Officials worked later in the morning to determine the source of the leak.
 

Police have issued a Silver Alert for a missing 85-year-old man last seen late Wednesday afternoon near the Village Pantry at 5190 N. Franklin Road. Clayborne Lewis was described as 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 170 pounds. He was wearing a black-and-white sweater and maroon pants. Police say he does not hear or see well, and might be disoriented and require medical attention.
 

A judge in Fort Wayne is expected to decide Thursday whether to revoke the bond of a suspended Indianapolis police officer who was arrested on drunken driving charges while awaiting trial on similar charges connected with a fatal 2010 crash. David Bisard, 39, had been held in the Marion County Jail since he was arrested following an April 27 crash in Indianapolis. No one was injured. Last week, Judge Allen Surbeck ordered Bisard to remain jailed until Thursday's hearing in Fort Wayne, where the fatal crash case was moved because of extensive publicity in central Indiana.
 

Police are requesting the public’s help in locating a hit-and-run driver after a man was seriously injured while crossing East Morris Street, near South Meridian Street, just before 6 p.m. Wednesday. David Heady, 46, was hospitalized with severe leg injuries and road rash after being hit by a vehicle described as a green 1990s BMW 3 Series traveling east on Morris. Police say the vehicle likely has damage to the front driver’s side.
 

A large century-old house in Southport that had been subdivided into five apartments suffered heavy fire damage Friday morning. Five residents escaped the blaze, which broke out about 3 a.m. in the 100 block of South Street, near East Southport Road and Madison Avenue. Firefighters battled flames for more than an hour and called in extra companies for assistance. One resident was taken to St. Francis Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation and a firefighter was checked out at Methodist.
 

The bodies of two men who had been shot to death were found Thursday evening inside a car in a strip-mall parking lot in Lawrence. Police did not identify the victims, but said they were in their 20s and had been shot multiple times. They were found near 42nd Street and Franklin Road. One victim was in the front seat and the other was in the back. Investigators are reviewing surveillance tapes from nearby businesses.
 

Mushroom hunters found a body Wednesday evening in a wooded area near an entrance to Morgan-Monroe State Forest in central Indiana. Police said the 52-year-old Greenwood man appears to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The body was found about 200 yards off a road about 10 miles north of Bloomington.
 

A 23-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to his abdomen late Wednesday night in a west-side parking lot. Indianapolis police said Domanique Johnson was taken to a hospital after being found in the 6300 block of Mission Terrace, north of 38th Street and west of North High School Road. Johnson’s condition was not disclosed.
 

Police seized $250,000 and arrested six people Wednesday in a prostitution sting involving two suburban massage parlors. Lu Wang, 50, of Fishers, was charged with promoting prostitution after police raided Dove Spa in Carmel and Beijing Spa in Zionsville. Five women also were charged with prostitution-related offenses. Authorities said Wang was the ringleader of the group.
 

A judge suspended an Indianapolis police officer's driver's license following his weekend drunken driving arrest, nearly three years after he was involved in a crash that killed a motorcyclist. An automatic not-guilty plea was entered Wednesday for David Bisard, 39, during an initial hearing on misdemeanor counts of drunken driving from Saturday's crash. Authorities say Bisard had a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit to drive. The suspended officer is jailed without bond until a hearing next week.
 

The first-year girls varsity basketball coach at Elwood High School faces charges of child seduction after being accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old player. Thomas Kessinger, 29, turned himself into to authorities Tuesday and bonded out of Madison County Jail after being charged with two Class D felonies. The school, which started an investigation after getting an anonymous phone call, may decide Kessinger’s future with the school system at a board meeting Thursday.

A man suffering from a gunshot wound to the groin told Indianapolis police that he was shot by two armed men who stole $250. The 22-year-old victim said the shooting took place Monday at about 10:45 p.m. in the 100 block of South Spencer Ave., near the 5300 block of East Washington Street. He was taken to Wishard Hospital.