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4 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Police: Mom shot man who tried to rape her 12-year-old daughter at hotel
INDIANAPOLIS — A mother shot and critically injured a 39-year-old man attempting to molest her 12-year-old daughter last week at a hotel on the northwest side of Indianapolis, investigators say. In Marion Superior Court 30, Bruce Lee Pierce faces three top-level felony charges: attempted rape, and two counts of attempt to commit child molesting. He also faces a mid-level felony charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violence felony, and a low-level felony charge of confinement of a person 13 or younger. Pierce has been listed on the Marion County Sheriff's Office's sex offender registry since September 2019. He was convicted three times of child molesting in Hendricks and Morgan counties in 2016 and 2022, and was last released in August 2022, according to the registry and Indiana Department of Correction online records. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department confirmed Thursday that Pierce has not yet been jailed. IMPD was called to a report of a shooting and an attempted rape about 7:45 a.m. May 24 at the Baymont Inn, 3850 Eagle View Drive. That's northwest of the I-465 interchange for West 38th Street. In court documents, investigators from IMPD say they learned the mother had left the hotel room to take items to a car, and, when she returned, she found Pierce trying to rape her 12-year-old daughter and shot him. The girl was taken to Riley Hospital for Children due to the firearm being discharged by her ear. The girl said he'd only touched her stomach, chest and shoulder when ripping her clothes off. Pierce was taken to Eskenazi Hospital in critical condition. Investigators took a Glock 43 firearm covered with blood in a trash can in the hotel room. Before Pierce was taken to the hospital, an IMPD officer took an empty holster from Pierce's waistband. Multiple shell casings and live rounds were found in the room as well. A warrant was issued Wednesday for Pierce's arrest. The Marion County sex offender registry had Pierce's last address as 6231 W. Washington St. That's the address of Regal 8 Inn located northwest of the I-465 interchange. A desk clerk told IMPD that Pierce was last seen on Tuesday morning at the motel. Because of Pierce's prior convictions for child molesting, Pierce, once arrested, will face a bond greater than the standard amount because he's a risk to the community. Bond will be set once an initial hearing is held, online court records say. Once jailed, Pierce will be held seven days without bond so prosecutors can initiate a bond revocation. Prosecutors also say Pierce is on probation for driving while suspended. In Boone County, Pierce has a pretrial conference scheduled for June 11 in Boone Circuit Court in Lebanon on charges of driving while suspended, operating a motor vehicle without financial responsibility, operating with expired plates, and operating a motor vehicle with a false plate that belong to another vehicle. On the registry, Pierce is described as 6-feet-2 and 200 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair, although his photo of the registry shows he's bald. The IMPD reports on the incident say Pierce weighs 175 pounds. The registry says he has multiple tattoos: on the left leg, 'VL,' skull, tribal; on right shin, 'Kayden'; on upper back, cross; on chest, tribal, 'Live & Let Live'; on right forearm, Chinese and Lexis; on left forearm, Chinese, fork 'Bruce II'; on face, 'Real Fame'; about left eye, 'EMMA'; above right eye, teardrop; on neck, 'FTW biohazard sign; on right hand across knuckles, 'FAST'; and on left hand across knuckles, 'LIFE.' Gregg Montgomery, CNN
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Man arrested for claiming to be IMPD officer with a dog at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
A man was arrested near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for telling an on-duty officer in plain clothes that he was also an officer while walking his dog the day before the Indianapolis 500. At 8:12 p.m., on May 24, 2024, Speedway Police Detective Adam Bandy was alerted to a person impersonating an officer near IMS in the 4700 block of West 16th Street. Officer Gannon Wood, who was on duty with the Pike Township Constable, said a man identified himself as an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer. He also told Bandy the man had a large dog with him. Officer Wood said he asked the man if he could pet his dog, a Malinois, which is a commonly used police dog. After being allowed, unprovoked, the man said he was an IMPD downtown district officer and had been for the past 12 months. According to court documents, Wood said the man bragged about making a large narcotics bust with his dog, resulting in several recent arrests. Wood noticed the man wearing a black duty belt. He had handcuffs and a firearm on his belt with an orange tip. Once at the scene, Bandy, who was in full uniform, saw a man with a large Malinois and asked him to secure his dog so they could talk. While walking with the man, Bandy read him his Miranda Warning, and the man agreed to speak and answer any questions. Again?!! Man accused - again - of impersonating an officer, Indianapolis police said At first, the man said he didn't know what Bandy was talking about when asked about his previous interaction with Wood, according to court documents. Bandy explained that the person he was speaking with was an on-duty officer in plain clothes. Officer Wood then walked near the conversation and showed his badge and identification. According to a probable cause for his arrest, the man then confessed to identifying himself as an IMPD officer and said repeatedly that he did so because he was going through a hard time. While speaking to the man, Bandy noticed the firearm on his black duty belt was a Glock 23.40 caliber. It was later revealed to be a replica BB gun with an orange tip. The Glock replica had a magazine inside with a "switch" attached to the rear to make it automatic. Bandy noticed a flashlight along with handcuffs on the belt. The man was arrested and formally charged with impersonating a public servant. Indianapolis Animal Care and Control placed the Malinois into their care. Jade Jackson is a Public Safety Reporter for the Indianapolis Star. You can email her at and follow her on X, formerly Twitter @IAMJADEJACKSON. This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Man arrested for posing as IMPD officer with a dog at IMS
Indianapolis Star
27-05-2025
- Indianapolis Star
Man arrested for claiming to be IMPD officer with a dog at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
A man was arrested near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for telling an on-duty officer in plain clothes that he was also an officer while walking his dog the day before the Indianapolis 500. At 8:12 p.m., on May 24, 2024, Speedway Police Detective Adam Bandy was alerted to a person impersonating an officer near IMS in the 4700 block of West 16th Street. Officer Gannon Wood, who was on duty with the Pike Township Constable, said a man identified himself as an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer. He also told Bandy the man had a large dog with him. Officer Wood said he asked the man if he could pet his dog, a Malinois, which is a commonly used police dog. After being allowed, unprovoked, the man said he was an IMPD downtown district officer and had been for the past 12 months. According to court documents, Wood said the man bragged about making a large narcotics bust with his dog, resulting in several recent arrests. Wood noticed the man wearing a black duty belt. He had handcuffs and a firearm on his belt with an orange tip. Once at the scene, Bandy, who was in full uniform, saw a man with a large Malinois and asked him to secure his dog so they could talk. While walking with the man, Bandy read him his Miranda Warning, and the man agreed to speak and answer any questions. Again?!! Man accused - again - of impersonating an officer, Indianapolis police said At first, the man said he didn't know what Bandy was talking about when asked about his previous interaction with Wood, according to court documents. Bandy explained that the person he was speaking with was an on-duty officer in plain clothes. Officer Wood then walked near the conversation and showed his badge and identification. According to a probable cause for his arrest, the man then confessed to identifying himself as an IMPD officer and said repeatedly that he did so because he was going through a hard time. While speaking to the man, Bandy noticed the firearm on his black duty belt was a Glock 23.40 caliber. It was later revealed to be a replica BB gun with an orange tip. The Glock replica had a magazine inside with a "switch" attached to the rear to make it automatic. Bandy noticed a flashlight along with handcuffs on the belt. The man was arrested and formally charged with impersonating a public servant. Indianapolis Animal Care and Control placed the Malinois into their care.
Indianapolis Star
27-05-2025
- Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis issues hundreds of no-turn-on-red tickets a year. Here are 5 hotspots
In August 2023, signs banning right turns on red went up at nearly 100 intersections in Mile Square as part of the city's effort to make streets safer for bicyclists and pedestrians. Some Republican state lawmakers pushed back on the restrictions as a "war on cars," introducing legislation that would have removed the no-turn-on-red signs. But the signs were allowed to remain after city officials agreed to stop putting up new ones downtown until July 1, 2025. The Department of Public Works has no immediate plans to install new ones and will conduct a study of their effectiveness before doing so, a spokesperson said. Since the wave of new signs, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has written 94 total tickets in Mile Square as of May 1, 37 of which were tied to the South Meridian Street and West Washington Street intersection, according to data obtained by IndyStar. Across the city, drivers received 411 tickets for no-turn-on-red violations in that same timespan. Police issued about 20 such citations a month. While nearly a quarter occurred in Mile Square — the downtown area bound by North Street, East Street, West Street, and South Street — there were multiple hotspots far beyond the city's urban core. IMPD's traffic unit tends to write tickets in daily and weekly blitzes near troublesome intersections, the data shows. The intersection of East Washington Street and Pine Street near downtown saw the most citations, with 96 drivers ticketed at the site. IMPD reported 49 tickets on nine non-consecutive days of August and September 2023. Then enforcement largely cooled off until February 2024, when officers logged 20 tickets on six days. When officers in the traffic unit are on patrol, they don't focus solely on enforcing no-turn-on-red violations, IMPD Sgt. Amanda Hibschman told IndyStar. Traffic officers also watch for drivers who are speeding, running red lights or breaking other rules of the road. "We tend to focus on higher-traffic areas, busier intersections, school zones and locations where we receive the highest number of traffic complaints," Hibschman said. One of the main advocates for no-turn-on-red restrictions in Mile Square, the public health nonprofit Health by Design argued that crash data shows how drivers' failure to yield and turning movements are among the top contributors to pedestrian injuries and deaths citywide. In 2024, 41 pedestrians and cyclists died in vehicle crashes while 832, a record high, were involved in non-fatal incidents, according to Safe Streets Indy, a group that tracks collision reports. Health by Design CEO Marc McAleavey said that while 411 tickets citywide and 96 in Mile Square may seem low compared with the actual number of violations, he understands that IMPD lacks the officers to do more robust enforcement. And enforcement alone can't be expected to make drivers comply with no-turn-on-red rules, he said — that will take smarter road designs with enhanced visibility for pedestrians, along with a cultural shift toward safer walking and bicycling. "The core of the issue is that our downtown streets should be designed for people first — not just as a pass-through for cars," McAleavey said in an emailed statement. From Aug. 1, 2023, to May 1, 2025, here are the five Indianapolis intersections where drivers received the most tickets for illegally turning right on red, according to IMPD data:
Indianapolis Star
27-05-2025
- Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis issues hundreds of no-turn-on-red tickets a year. Here are 5 hotspots
In August 2023, signs banning right turns on red went up at nearly 100 intersections in Mile Square as part of the city's effort to make streets safer for bicyclists and pedestrians. Some Republican state lawmakers pushed back on the restrictions as a "war on cars," introducing legislation that would have removed the no-turn-on-red signs. But the signs were allowed to remain after city officials agreed to stop putting up new ones downtown until July 1, 2025. The Department of Public Works has no immediate plans to install new ones and will conduct a study of their effectiveness before doing so, a spokesperson said. Since the wave of new signs, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has written 94 total tickets in Mile Square as of May 1, 37 of which were tied to the South Meridian Street and West Washington Street intersection, according to data obtained by IndyStar. Across the city, drivers received 411 tickets for no-turn-on-red violations in that same timespan. Police issued about 20 such citations a month. While nearly a quarter occurred in Mile Square — the downtown area bound by North Street, East Street, West Street, and South Street — there were multiple hotspots far beyond the city's urban core. IMPD's traffic unit tends to write tickets in daily and weekly blitzes near troublesome intersections, the data shows. The intersection of East Washington Street and Pine Street near downtown saw the most citations, with 96 drivers ticketed at the site. IMPD reported 49 tickets on nine non-consecutive days of August and September 2023. Then enforcement largely cooled off until February 2024, when officers logged 20 tickets on six days. When officers in the traffic unit are on patrol, they don't focus solely on enforcing no-turn-on-red violations, IMPD Sgt. Amanda Hibschman told IndyStar. Traffic officers also watch for drivers who are speeding, running red lights or breaking other rules of the road. "We tend to focus on higher-traffic areas, busier intersections, school zones and locations where we receive the highest number of traffic complaints," Hibschman said. One of the main advocates for no-turn-on-red restrictions in Mile Square, the public health nonprofit Health by Design argued that crash data shows how drivers' failure to yield and turning movements are among the top contributors to pedestrian injuries and deaths citywide. In 2024, 41 pedestrians and cyclists died in vehicle crashes while 832, a record high, were involved in non-fatal incidents, according to Safe Streets Indy, a group that tracks collision reports. Health by Design CEO Marc McAleavey said that while 411 tickets citywide and 96 in Mile Square may seem low compared with the actual number of violations, he understands that IMPD lacks the officers to do more robust enforcement. And enforcement alone can't be expected to make drivers comply with no-turn-on-red rules, he said — that will take smarter road designs with enhanced visibility for pedestrians, along with a cultural shift toward safer walking and bicycling. "The core of the issue is that our downtown streets should be designed for people first — not just as a pass-through for cars," McAleavey said in an emailed statement. From Aug. 1, 2023, to May 1, 2025, here are the five Indianapolis intersections where drivers received the most tickets for illegally turning right on red, according to IMPD data:
