Suspect in officer-involved shooting IDed

Indiana State Police press release and added information by John Estridge The person allegedly involved in the officer-involved shooting and the shooting of a female has been identified by the Indiana State Police as Gregory Cameron Guilfoyle. However, the Indiana State Police issued a press release saying Guilfoyle has been charged in Franklin Circuit Court. …

ISP asking for public’s assistance in Connersville shooting

Indiana State Police press release An autopsy was performed on the body of Thomas Combs, who was discovered in the early morning of August 17, 2022, in the Dale Cemetery in Connersville. The cause of death has been determined by the Fayette County Coroner Cord Coyle to be from a gunshot wound.  The Indiana State Police …

Newly appointed ISP Trooper will patrol Fayette and Union counties

Indiana State Police press release On June 16, 18 new troopers graduated from the 82nd Indiana State Police Recruit Academy after completing a journey of 23 weeks of intense training. The recruits completed more than 1,100 hours of academic and hands-on training in criminal and traffic law, crash investigation, emergency vehicle operations, defensive tactics, firearms, de-escalation, impaired …

ISP investigating inmate’s death at Fayette County Jail

ISP press release Early this morning, detectives from the Indiana State Police Pendleton District were called to assist in a death investigation of an inmate housed at the Fayette County Community Corrections.  The deceased was identified as Billy W. Burdge, 40, of Connersville.  Burge was found unresponsive in his bunk by Fayette County correctional staff, and …

ISP investigating officer-involved shooting in FC

Indiana State Police press release Friday evening, May 13, the Indiana State Police began investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred in Franklin County. The initial investigation by detectives with the ISP-Versailles Post indicated that deputies from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office responded to an address on Main Street in Cedar Grove, at approximately 10:30 …

Young FC man killed in Jefferson Co. head-on crash

Indiana State Police press release Friday morning, April 1, the Indiana State Police began investigating a two-vehicle crash on US 421 north of Madison that claimed the life of a Franklin County man. The initial investigation by Trooper David Owsley and other troopers with the Indiana State Police-Versailles Crash Reconstruction Team indicated that shortly before …

Greensburg man killed in vehicular crash Wednesday

ISP press release Wednesday, July 14, at about 6:30 pm, troopers with the Indiana State Police-Versailles Post investigated a single-vehicle fatal crash involving a dump truck hauling stone that rolled over on a rural Decatur County roadway. The initial investigation by Trooper Blake Litmer indicated that a 1987 Ford Dump Truck, being driven by Gregory …

College Corner man stabbed in overnight confrontation

ISP press release The Indiana State Police is investigating a stabbing that took place shortly after midnight in West College Corner. The investigation revealed Adam Wyatt, 28, and Joshua Hacker, 31, both of West College Corner became involved in a physical altercation. During the altercation, Wyatt suffered a stab wound. He was taken by a …

New Castle woman arrested on numerous drug-related charges and active arrest warrant out of Virginia after allegedly causing three-car accident on Ind. 3

Indiana State Police press release A New Castle woman was arrested Monday evening, April 12, after she caused a three-vehicle crash on Indiana 3 at the intersection of Riley Road in New Castle. Trooper JT Burns responded to the area and found three cars blocking the right two northbound lanes of Ind. 3. Trooper Burns …

Milroy man arrested for seven grams heroin/fentanyl after traffic stop on I-74

An Indiana State Police press release Monday, April 12, a 46-year-old Rush County man was arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop on I-74 in northern Dearborn County. The investigation began shortly after 11:30 a.m., when Senior Trooper Randel Miller stopped a 2001 BMW westbound on I-74 near the 165-mile marker in Dearborn County …