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IUPD issues Crime Notice for reported rape at Wilkie

By News Staff · Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024

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Man arrested for pulling gun on Taco Bell employees

By News Staff · Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — An 18-year-old is in jail nearly a month after getting into a fight and pulling a gun on employees at a Bloomington Taco Bell in August, according to new court documents.

20-year sentence for man charged in fatal fentanyl overdose

By News Staff · Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington man will spend roughly the next 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to dealing fentanyl that killed another man in March 2020.

Docs: fired MCSO deputy turned off body cam, sexually assaulted woman in police car

By News Staff · Friday, Aug. 30, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — A fired Monroe County sheriff's deputy turned off his department-issued body camera before sexually and physically assaulting a woman in the front seat of his police car, newly filed court documents show.

Monroe County deputy arrested for sexual battery, obstruction, misconduct charges

By Ashton Hackman · Friday, Aug. 23, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — A now-former probationary Monroe County Sheriff's deputy is in jail facing multiple criminal charges, including sexual battery, after a brief investigation by Indiana State Police.

'He tried to get me': woman claims self defense in shower stabbing attack

By Ashton Hackman · Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024

Warning: this article mentions and includes details of a violent attack that may be disturbing to some readers.

IU student arrested on sexual battery charges during welcome week

By News Staff · Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024

BLOOMINGTON —Indiana University Police arrested an IU student Wednesday who is accused of repeatedly inappropriately touching a female student several times during move-in week.

Woman sentenced in 2022 shooting

By News Staff · Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington woman will spend just under two years on house arrest after pleading guilty to a shooting that happened in January 2022 in the Crestmont neighborhood.

Police: man uses BB gun to rob Dollar General store

By News Staff · Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Police arrested a Crown Point, Indiana man for allegedly using a BB gun to steal hundreds of dollars from a Dollar General store in Bloomington on Thursday.

Woman charged after man dies from fentanyl-laced drug overdose

By News Staff · Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A Bloomington woman is accused of dealing drugs laced with dangerous controlled substances to a man who fatally overdosed in July, according to newly filed court documents.

Docs: woman fired several rounds at car, striking nearby apartment

By News Staff · Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A Bloomington woman is facing charges after police say she fired a gun several times at a moving car, but missed and sent bullets flying into a nearby apartment where a child was sleeping.

'Get him!': Woman arrested after telling dogs to bite officers

By News Staff · Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A woman is facing charges after allegedly running from police and telling her dogs to bite, sending three officers to the hospital.

No jail time for man charged in 2022 storm drain standoff

By News Staff · Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The man charged in 2022 for an hours-long standoff with police in the city's storm drain system will avoid jail time after reaching a plea deal this week with prosecutors.

Bedford man arrested for distributing child porn

By News Staff · Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024

Warning: this article mentions child sex crimes that may be disturbing to some readers.

BPD: Man arrested for kicking officer in the groin

By News Staff · Tuesday, July 30, 2024

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A Bloomington man is accused of kicking an officer in the groin during an arrest Sunday.

Suspect arrested in murder of Bloomington man found in field

By News Staff · Thursday, July 25, 2024

OWEN COUNTY, Ind. — The Owen County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man they say is responsible for fatally shooting a 23-year-old Bloomington man and leaving his body in a field just outside Monroe County.

Bloomington woman accused of drugging, abusing, and sharing 12 year old

By News Staff · Monday, July 22, 2024

Warning: this article mentions and includes details of sexual assault that may be disturbing to some readers.

16-year sentence for man cleared in 2022 murder case

By News Staff · Friday, July 19, 2024

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A Bloomington man will spend the next 14 years in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to meth possession tied to a 2022 murder case.

BPD: Man followed and sexually assaulted woman walking on sidewalk

By News Staff · Wednesday, July 17, 2024

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A Bloomington man is accused of following a woman walking on the sidewalk, pushing her into a wooded area, and sexually assaulting her until bystanders jumped into help.

Mother-son duo arrested for breaking into apartment, beating man with tire iron

By News Staff · Tuesday, July 16, 2024

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A Bedford man and his mother are in jail for allegedly kicking down a door to a man's Bloomington apartment and beating him with a tire iron.

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