Crime
Mother who stuffed son’s body in a suitcase claims NSA, Space Force tracking her
SALEM – A woman who spent nearly two years on the run after a mushroom hunter found her son’s body in April 2022 stuffed in…
Woman hits man with a whiskey bottle, arrested
BEDFORD – A Bedford woman is behind bars after she allegedly cracked a man in the head with a whiskey bottle. Police arrested Heather Vestal,…
Zazu alerts officers to drugs, and two are detained
BEDFORD – Canine Zazu alerted officers to drugs in the vehicle, and two are detained on meth charges. On Friday, March 29, at 11:49 p.m.,…
Woman throws a fruit bowl and knife at a man and is arrested
MITCHELL – A Mitchell woman is facing domestic battery charges for causing moderate bodily injury after she allegedly threw a fruit bowl and knife at…
Inoperable tail light lands two in jail on meth charges
JUDAH – Two people were arrested on Friday, March 29, after Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Harrison Fleetwood. At approximately 1:07 a.m., Capt. Fleetwood was…
Remembering a fallen trooper
FORT WAYNE – Twenty-five years ago today, Indiana State Police Trooper Cory R. Elson was tragically killed in the line of duty. Trooper Elson was shot…
Police Log: April 3, 2024
Bedford Police Department Arrests – April 2 Incidents – April 2 Incidents – April 1 Accidents – April 2 Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department Arrests –…
Woman arrested on OWI charges
BEDFORD – A Bedford woman was arrested after Lawrence County Prosecutor Sam Arp filed a probable cause affidavit on March 30, claiming 34-year-old Tetiana Lee…
Deputy smells marijuana during a traffic stop, two detained on drug charges
BEDFORD – After a traffic stop on Thursday, March 28, two women were arrested on drug charges. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department deputies detained Shelby Horton,…
Man interferes with firefighters, slips out of handcuffs, sounds police siren
BEDFORD – On Monday, March 29, Marshall Township Volunteer Fire Department requested Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Thomas Porter to respond to 39 North Helton…
