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A Taylorsville Police officer was arrested early Saturday morning and faces charges of first-degree wanton endangerment and endangering the welfare of a minor.

Two Shelbyville men were arrested July 31 and charged with breaking into a log cabin home on Mount Washington Road, trashing the cabin and stealing a variety of items including two four-wheelers.

Jess Hogan has always had an obsession with anything that could fly. He started collecting butterflies when he was 8 or 9. He “loves birds of prey” (but is “dissatisfied” with robins). And he spent his life building upon his understanding of airplanes, creating for himself a 30-year career with Delta Airlines and a lifelong hobby of building high-tech model planes.

A Mount Washington man has been indicted on charges including burglary and theft at Waterford Park in March, allegedly with the help of a juvenile.
James R. Branum, 31, of the 100 block of Frank Lane was indicted by a Spencer County Grand Jury July 25 on one count of third-degree burglary-complicity, one county of theft by unlawful taking under $500-complicity, third-degree criminal mischief-complicity and second-degree unlawful transaction with a minor.