Search Results

Westfield police have arrested an Illinois man who allegedly assaulted a girl he met over the Internet. Investigators say the suspect, Samuel Henzel, admitted he knew the victim was only 12 years old. Police arrested him Saturday night after he met the child at a hotel at U.S. 31 and 151st Street. Henzel was charged with sexual battery, criminal confinement and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
 

Police say they arrested a woman after she admitted to crashing a sport-utility vehicle through the side wall of a hotel on Indianapolis’ west side at about 3:45 a.m. Thursday and then leaving the scene. Police searched the area and found the SUV and the woman at a nearby apartment. She was arrested for hit-and-run. No one was hurt.

A desk clerk at the Plainfield Budget Inn said an armed man tried to rob the hotel Friday morning at about 4 a.m. The clerk told the man there was no cash in the drawer because the hotel only accepts credit cards during overnight hours. Instead, the man grabbed the clerk’s purse from behind the counter and fled the scene in a red vehicle, possibly a Pontiac Grand Am or Oldsmobile Alero.