Saturday northside shooting: Bloomington police arrest suspect

Bloomington police have arrested Sean Rivers, a 22-year-old Bloomington man, as a suspect in a Saturday afternoon shooting.

The shooting left the 51-year-old victim in critical condition after several emergency surgeries, according to the BPD news release.

Rivers was booked into the Monroe County jail on a charge of attempted murder, according to the release.

The news release says the shooting took place outside the Subway restaurant on Kinser Pike, north of the SR 46 bypass. Continue reading “Saturday northside shooting: Bloomington police arrest suspect”

Attempted murder suspect arrested by Bloomington police for June 16, 2023 south side shooting

A suspect in a Friday night shooting (June 16) on South Madison Street on the south side of the city, has been arrested, according to a news release from Bloomington police.

According to the news release, 47-year old Bloomington resident Quentin R. Farmer, Sr. was arrested around 9 p.m. Saturday. The Monroe County jail bookings report shows he was booked into jail around 1 a.m. Sunday with bond set for $250,000.

The victim in the Friday night shooting was given emergency aid by officers on the 100 block of Willow Court—a location about a mile south of the shooting scene. The 34-year-old man was transported to an area hospital, where he underwent surgery, after which he was described as in stable condition, according to the news release. Continue reading “Attempted murder suspect arrested by Bloomington police for June 16, 2023 south side shooting”

Bloomington police investigate Thursday night shooting, one woman hospitalized

Bloomington police are investigating a Thursday night (April 13, 2023) shooting towards the northwest side of town, in the general vicinity of Maple Street, between 15th and 17th streets.

According to the news release from the Bloomington police department (BPD), around 10:20 p.m. on Thursday night, a 45-year-old woman was shot more than once by a masked assailant, as she was backing out of a driveway on the 1200 block of North Maple Street.

The attacker got out of a car that had stopped behind the victim’s vehicle, shot her more than once, then sped off in an unknown direction, according to the news release.

Police interviewed the victim after she was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, according to the news release.

Police are asking anyone with information or possible surveillance video from the area of the shooting, to call detective Jeff Rodgers at (812) 339-4477. Continue reading “Bloomington police investigate Thursday night shooting, one woman hospitalized”

Bloomington police: Suspect in bus passenger assault charged with attempted murder

A 56-year-old Bloomington woman has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing of a public bus passenger, according to a Thursday afternoon news release from city police.

The stabbing took place the day before, on Jan. 11, according to the Bloomington police department (BPD) news release.

The assault took place Wednesday around 4:45 p.m. on a Bloomington Transit bus, when it stopped at the intersection of 4th Street and the B-Line Trail, according to the news release.

The suspect, Billie R. Davis, was initially booked into Monroe County Jail on a charge of battery, which is a level 5 felony.

But after the victim’s wounds had been cleaned at the hospital, it was determined that she had several stab wounds to her head, and the charge was amended to attempted murder. The news release describes the victim as an 18-year-old Carmel woman.

Police are asking anyone who witnessed the incident, or thinks they have more information, to call detective Rob Shrake at (812) 349-3352. Continue reading “Bloomington police: Suspect in bus passenger assault charged with attempted murder”

Bloomington shooting suspect arrested in Spencer

A suspect in a late Tuesday afternoon shooting on Bloomington’s west side has been arrested in the town of Spencer, about 15 miles northwest of the city, according to a Bloomington police department (BPD) news release on Wednesday.

About 8 hours after he is alleged to have shot a man in the 1500 block of West Kirkwood Avenue, Lewis Robert Siegrist was arrested in Spencer, at the Speedway gas station on West Morgan Street, according to the BPD news release. At the time of his arrest, he was armed with a 9mm handgun, the news release says. Continue reading “Bloomington shooting suspect arrested in Spencer”

[Updated: Arrest made] Sept. 1 sexual assault in downtown Bloomington parking garage: Police looking for suspect

[Updated on Sept. 7, at 2:25 p.m. BPD issued a news release on Sept. 7 announcing the arrest of a suspect in the case—Andre J. Hardy, a 27-year-old man from Joliet, Illinois, which is about 35 miles south of Chicago.]

In connection with a Thursday night sexual assault, Bloomington police are looking for a suspect described in a news release as a thin Black male who is believed to be taller than six feet.

Police are asking anyone who has information about the suspect’s identity to call Bloomington police detective Jon Muscato at (812) 349-3326. Continue reading “[Updated: Arrest made] Sept. 1 sexual assault in downtown Bloomington parking garage: Police looking for suspect”

Man who was shot, drove a mile to Switchyard Park, had apparently tried to burglarize residence

In a Thursday afternoon news release, Bloomington police department (BPD) reported that a 39-year-old man found with gunshot wounds in Switchyard Park early in the morning had not been shot at that location.

The 39-year-old had apparently driven there after being shot several times when he allegedly attempted a burglary—at the home of another man he knew, about a mile away, southeast of the intersection of Hillside Drive and Henderson Street. Continue reading “Man who was shot, drove a mile to Switchyard Park, had apparently tried to burglarize residence”

SR 46 & I-69 crash: Driver charged with reckless homicide, Bloomington police say 46-year old woman was intoxicated when she crashed SUV into truck

In a news release issued Tuesday afternoon, Bloomington police reported the outcome of their investigation into a crash on Saturday (Aug. 6), which took place at the intersection of SR 46 and the southbound entrance ramp to I-69, on the northwest edge of the city.

On Tuesday, police arrested Charity D. Hall, a 46-year-old Bloomington resident, as soon as she was released from the IU Health Bloomington hospital, where she had been taken for treatment of her crash-related injuries three days earlier.

According to the news release, Hall was taken taken to the Monroe County jail, and charged with several crimes: Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated Causing Death (level 4 felony); Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated Causing Catastrophic Injury (level 4 felony); Reckless Homicide (level 5 felony); Battery Against a Public Safety Official (level 6 felony); and Resisting Law Enforcement (class A misdemeanor).

Hall is alleged to have driven her Toyota 4Runner sport utility vehicle eastbound on SR 46 through the intersection of the southbound onramp to I-69 without stopping at the red light. The news release says she crashed into the passenger side of a teal Chevrolet S-10 pickup that had a green arrow for its left turn from SR 46 westbound onto the southbound onramp to I-69, according to the news release. Continue reading “SR 46 & I-69 crash: Driver charged with reckless homicide, Bloomington police say 46-year old woman was intoxicated when she crashed SUV into truck”

Bloomington police look for leads in Wednesday morning killing on city’s east side

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, a 20-year-old Bloomington man was shot and killed on the city’s east side, according to a Thursday news release from Bloomington police.

Police are asking anyone with information on the case to call detective Wade Berry at (812) 339-4477. Continue reading “Bloomington police look for leads in Wednesday morning killing on city’s east side”

Private, unarmed security for farmers market this year OK’d by Bloomington parks board

Two unarmed officers from Marshall Security, a private firm, will be providing security for Bloomington’s farmers market starting with opening day on April 2.

That’s the result of action taken by Bloomington’s board of park commissioners at its regular Tuesday meeting. The board approved a $8,050 addendum to an existing contract with Marshall, which was approved by the board in late January.

The existing $278,821 contract covers patrols through the week in several parks in the central area of Bloomington, including: RCA Park, Seminary Park, B-Line Trail, Building Trades Park, Rev. Ernest D. Butler Park, Crestmont Park, Miller-Showers Park, and Waldron Hill Buskirk Park.

Approved by the board in late January, the contract runs through the end of 2022. The farmers market extends from April through November.

According to the memo to the board from community events manager Leslie Brinson, “The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market has had uniformed [Bloomington Police Department] BPD Officers in the past and due to the limitations of BPD, the use of Marshall Security would fill this need at the Market.” Continue reading “Private, unarmed security for farmers market this year OK’d by Bloomington parks board”