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An Indiana University student is among those suspected of participating in a cheating ring involving college-admissions exams. The case stems from a probe in September that resulted in seven arrests Tuesday of former students involved in the scheme. The alleged offenses occurred between 2008 and 2011, according to news reports. An investigation at one high school uncovered at least nine students who allegedly paid test takers to take the SAT or ACT for them. IU student Adam Justin, 19, turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday.  He was charged with scheming to defraud, falsifying business records and criminal impersonation.

The Carmel Police Department is investigating a series of wheel thefts at apartment complexes over the past month. The suspects jack up the vehicles, steal all four wheels, then leave the vehicles on concrete blocks. The Lakes of Carmel, Woodland Springs Manor and Main Street on the Monon have been hit by the thieves. The thieves apparently got interrupted during one theft attempt and left just one lug nut on each wheel of a targeted car. The car’s owner heard something while driving and pulled over before a wheel could come off.

A woman was killed in a single-car accident Tuesday evening in Westfield. Witnesses say the woman was driving erratically just after 9 p.m. near the Tractor Supply store at 181st Street and U.S. 31. She was thrown from her sport-utility when it hit a guard rail and flipped into a tree. The victim’s name has not yet been released.