The court said the law banning K2, Spice and other chemical compounds meant to cause intoxication are not too vague. The law’s author, Sen. Jim Merritt, said the court ruling should help “keep our children safe and stop the spread of these harmful drugs.”
Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry announced Monday that former Speedway Fire Chief Mark Watson pleaded guilty to the theft of about $58,000.
John K. Marcum, 51, of Fishers, received a 66-month sentence and was ordered make restitution of $3.9 million to 17 victims, including several who lost their life savings.
A Hancock County man who defrauded 19 investors out of nearly $400,000 has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison.
The former director of an Indianapolis-based foundation created by ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle will spend from 15 years to 35 years behind bars for child sex crimes, according to a plea agreement reached Tuesday with federal prosecutors.
Marvin Sharp, 48, faces four counts of child molestation and three counts of sexual misconduct with a minor filed by Marion County prosecutors, who allege that he repeatedly fondled a girl while he was her coach.
The custom-built lab saves days, weeks or months of time compared with the old method of taking computer gear to another location before examining it.
Thirty-one-year-old Phillip Fleitz pleaded guilty to participating in a cybercriminal marketplace where hackers schemed to cripple or steal information from computers and cellphones.
Dr. John Sturman overprescribed narcotics to patients at a clinic he operated at Indiana University Hospital, Marion County prosecutors contend. The deaths occurred in 2010 and 2011.
Ashley Trent faces charges of forgery, deception, theft and practicing nursing without a license. She also is accused of forging letters from IU Health that claimed she had breast cancer.
A jury found 46-year-old Mark Leonard guilty of all counts against him, including murder and felony murder. Prosecutors alleged Leonard was the mastermind behind the home explosion, plotting with his live-in girlfriend and half-brother to blow up the home for $300,000 in insurance.
Investigators say 35-year-old Kacey Rucker entered businesses in Indianapolis, Greenwood, Avon and Kokomo and stole wallets from employees as they worked.
Russell Taylor, 43, was charged Monday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis with seven counts of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Baker has sentenced former Center Township CFO Alan Mizen to 18 months in prison for stealing more than $340,000 in public funds.
The ringleader of a $90 million biodiesel scam has agreed to plead guilty to 37 felony counts including conspiracy and wire fraud in a deal with federal prosecutors.
Prosecutors say a suspect in a $90 million biodiesel scam in central Indiana made threats to harm or kill people who might give evidence against him.
A federal jury on Wednesday evening returned guilty verdicts on eight felony counts including wire fraud and bribery against Reggie Walton, a former city employee who managed the Indy Land Bank.
Former Indy Land Bank director Reggie Walton wasn't the initial target of an undercover FBI agent who came to town in 2012. But Walton, 33, managed to talk himself into a federal indictment that could put him in prison for 20 years.
Their chain of 26 restaurants, which operate in 10 Indiana counties under the names El Rodeo and El Jaripeo, failed to report an estimated $22.7 million in sales between 2010 and 2012, prosecutors said.
A third defendant in an alleged kickback scheme involving the Indy Land Bank has pleaded guilty on the eve of a trial set for the first week of March.
