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A fire forced the evacuation of the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Carmel shortly before midnight on Sunday. About 60 of the 171 rooms at the hotel at 251 Pennsylvania Parkway were occupied at the time of the blaze, which started when a curtain caught on fire on the fifth floor. The guests were taken to other hotels early Monday morning due to smoke and water damage.
 

Well-known Carmel attorney Stephenie Jocham, who founded family law firm Jocham Harden Dimick Jackson in 2008, died Thursday at age 42 after a two-year battle with cancer. Jocham co-founded the Central Indiana Association of Collaborative Professionals, a not-for-profit that promotes collaborative law in Indiana.
 

A campaign flier for a candidate challenging four-term incumbent Carmel Mayor James Brainard in Tuesday’s primary election is getting a strong reaction. Political mailers from mayoral candidate John Accetturo feature a photo of Brainard next to four reviled political figures: Moammar Gadhafi, Saddam Hussein, Hugo Chavez and Rod Blagojevich. The caption reads, “It’s time for him to go, too.” Accetturo stood by the piece even though it puts Brainard in the same company as murderous dictators. “He’s been in office way too long just like the others on that mailer,” Accetturo said. Brainard’s campaign consultant, Allen Sutherland, said, “The piece speaks for itself and we have no further comment.”
 

Carmel homeowners living in the Wexley Chase subdivision are keeping a close eye on their small pets after a coyote attack claimed the life of a dog. A resident in the neighborhood near 126th Street and Towne Road said the coyote snatched her 10-pound  Shih Tzu even though she was only a few feet away. The dog’s remains were found the next day outside West Clay Elementary School. The Department of Natural Resources estimates there are as many as 2,500 coyotes in Hamilton County.

A high-speed chase in Carmel early Friday morning ended in a crash and two people taken into police custody. Officers spotted a red Kia rental vehicle driving 100 mph on Keystone near 106th Street at about 3 a.m. They tried to pull the car over, but the driver took off. The car crashed at 146th Street and Greyhound Pass, where the road dead-ends. Police say the 57-year-old driver and a 29-year-old passenger appeared to be intoxicated.
 

A former Carmel police officer is appealing the police merit board’s decision to terminate him over claims he abused his power and disobeyed orders. Greg Park claims he was unjustly retaliated against after he came forward with concerns that the department was guilty of racial profiling. At the merit board meeting in February, Carmel Police Chief Tim Green said Park showed a pattern of questionable behavior, including pulling over too many female drivers and driving to one young woman’s house to give her a warning for speeding.