Published: July 09, 2008 12:17 am            

Police reports - Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Convicted killer arrested in Muncie

MUNCIE — A convicted killer now living in Muncie is accused of failing to register with local authorities as a violent offender.

Landon T. Harbert, 32, was being held without bond in the Delaware County jail Monday, according to the Muncie Star Press.

The Class D felony charge, which carries a possible three-year prison term, was filed Thursday.

Harbert, then of Marion, was 17 when he fatally shot 42-year-old Frankie Leon Woodard during a dispute over a dice game in Kokomo on Aug. 21, 1993.

Woodard, of Kokomo, died of a single gunshot wound in the heart.

Harbert was sentenced to 30 years in prison in June 1994 after pleading guilty to murder.

According to court records, Harbert was released from prison last year.

Man arrested for child molest

A Tipton man wanted on multiple warrants was apprehended Monday after a family member saw the man’s information displayed in the Howard County Sheriff’s Department tent at the 4-H Fair.

Zachary A. Burns, 28, was arrested at 9:45 p.m. by Tipton officers.

Burns is being held at the Howard County Jail on a $25,000 bond.

Burns was wanted on a Howard Circuit Court warrant charging him with one count of class C felony child molesting and one count of class D felony intimidation. Burns was wanted on Howard Superior Court III warrants for a petition to revoke a suspended sentence for a conviction of intimidation, a petition to revoke a suspended sentence for public intoxication and failure to appear on charges of public intoxication and intimidation.

“We had multiple addresses in two counties listed for Burns. A relative provided us with his correct location after seeing Burn’s wanted poster displayed at the fair,” said Sheriff Marty Talbert said.

Burns is accused of molesting a 6-year-old girl at an Indian Heights residence.

Howard County

Arrests

Friday, 11 a.m., police arrested Diane Thompson, 42, Frankfort, at the Carroll County jail on a petition to revoke a suspended sentence.

Friday, 4:05 p.m., police arrested Brandy R. Hollin, Indianapolis, in the 1800 block of West Markland Avenue, on a warrant for failure to appear on a charge of inducing or causing a theft, a class D felony.

Friday, 10:24 p.m., police arrested Amber M. Cottrell, 23, 500 block of East Mulberry Street, at the intersection of Sycamore and Union streets, on charges of false informing, possession of marijuana and on a body attachment.

        

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