Yesterday at approximately 5:13 pm, troopers from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg responded to an overturned semi on the interstate ramp from I-265 WB to I-65 SB in Clark County.

The preliminary investigation revealed the semi-tractor and trailer loaded with two steel coils was traveling west down the ramp, when the loaded coils shifted causing the semi-tractor and trailer to overturn.

Roger L. Cole, 64, from Gainesville, GA was driving a 1999 International semi-tractor and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Clark County Corner’s Office.  

The Indiana State Police continue to investigate the officer involved shooting that occurred in Warsaw last night. The officer has been identified as Officer Daniel Clemens. 

Clemens has been a member of the Warsaw Police Department since December of 2017.  Clemens is currently on paid administrative leave per the policy of the Warsaw Police Department.  At the conclusion of the Indiana State Police investigation, all findings will be turned over to the Warsaw Police Department and the Kosciusko County Prosecutor’s Office. 

Kyle Miller, age 31 of Warsaw, IN, has been named as the person shot in the arm following a struggle with  Clemens last night.  Miller has been preliminarily charged with Resisting Law Enforcement and was taken to the Kosciusko County Jail. 

This is an ongoing investigation. 

Preliminary investigation shows that around 7:26 p.m., the Warsaw Police Department was called to a house in the 1800 block of Michaels Street for an unwanted party.

This unwanted party is reported to have been unknown to the residents of the house. The suspect left prior to the police arriving and began to walk in traffic on Old Road 30, also known as Lake Street. 

The suspect then allegedly began to try to get into cars that were passing by and was then encountered by a Warsaw police officer.  During this encounter the suspect began to struggle with the officer, who attempted to use his Taser. 

The Taser purportedly had no effect on the suspect. 

As this encounter continued, the officer fired his weapon, hitting the suspect in the right arm. 

The suspect received non-life threatening injuries.  Once the scene was stabilized, officers rendered aid to the suspect prior to Lutheran EMS arriving. 

The officer was not injured. 

A 36 year old Shelbyville woman has been arrested by the Indiana State Police stemming from a forgery, fraud and theft investigation. 

The investigation began August 15th, 2018 when a victim contacted the Indiana State Police accusing Heather Brant, a legal secretary at Lishner Law, of producing fraudulent court documents.

During the course of the investigation detectives determined Brant allegedly created false court documents and forged signatures of judges, court clerks and prosecutors.

She is also accused of theft from the law firm where she was employed.

The Shelby County Prosecutor’s Office issued an arrest warrant for Brant and she subsequently turned herself into detectives September 25th. She now faces the following charges:

• 8 counts of Forgery, a level 6 Felony
• 2 counts of Obstruction of Justice, a Level 6 Felony
• 1 Count of Theft, a Level 5 Felony
• 1 Count of Identity Deception, a Level 5 Felony
• 1 Count of Fraud on a Financial Institution, a Level 5 Felony 

The findings of the investigation were turned over the the Shelby County Prosecutor’s Office. Since an arrest has been made an further inquiries into this case shall be forwarded to the prosecutor’s office. 

This week, two Madison, Indiana residents were arrested on Neglect of a Dependent charges following an investigation into the death of an infant in Madison in July of this year.

The investigation by Indiana State Police Detectives began on July 15, 2018, when Eben Frisque, age 3 months, was found unresponsive and later pronounced deceased inside an apartment located at 121 Taft Drive, Madison, Indiana.

During the course of the investigation, detectives learned that Eben’s parents, Deven G. Frisque, age 32, and Tara L. Savage, 28, who lived in the apartment with Eben and a second child, had both consumed methamphetamine and other drugs recently while caring for the two children.  Both parents tested positive for methamphetamine and other drugs shortly after Eben’s death.

An autopsy was completed on Eben Frisque.  He tested positive for methamphetamine and amphetamine.  The autopsy report listed the cause of death as “Acute Methamphetamine Ingestion”.

At the conclusion of the investigation, the case was forwarded to the Jefferson County Prosecutor’s Office for review.

As a result, warrants were issued for Deven Frisque and Tara Savage on charges of Neglect of a Dependent, Level 1 Felony.

Savage was arrested on September 25th in Bedford, Kentucky by the Kentucky State Police.  Frisque was arrested yesterday at a residence in Jefferson County, Indiana.  Frisque was incarcerated pending his initial appearance in the Jefferson County Circuit Court.  Savage was incarcerated in Kentucky, pending extradition back to Jefferson County. 

Indiana State Police Detectives were assisted by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, Kentucky State Police, Indiana Department of Child Services, and the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office.