Jamie Duffy

5 days ago | theprobablecause.com | Jamie Duffy

FORT WAYNE, Ind. --Three serious crimes in less than 24 hours. Shontrel Bright, 33, is charged with murder in the shooting death of Keitron Demos Adams, 21, and the attempted murder of his Adams’ brother who is intubated, sedated and in critical condition from several gunshot wounds, according to a probable cause affidavit written by Fort Wayne homicide detective Geraud Bartels. And, he’s charged with sexual battery using deadly force from an encounter just a few short hours before the homicide.

6 days ago | theprobablecause.com | Jamie Duffy

FORT WAYNE, Ind. --You see them in suburban strip malls innocuously snuck in between coffee shops, offices, hair salons and phone stores. They flourish partly because the businesses are quiet, hardly noticeable, except for the “open” sign  at odd hours of the night. Men in their 40s and 50s like to back up their huge pick-up trucks into the parking spot, thinking no one can see the license plate at the rear of the truck.

1 week ago | theprobablecause.com | Jamie Duffy

FORT WAYNE, Ind. ---Patrons at the American Legion Post at Hanna and Lewis streets had to hustle Isaiah J. Wilson out of the bar in the early hours of Sunday, April 13. People were understandably upset when Wilson, 26, sat at the bar and talked about how demons were going to get him, according to a probable cause affidavit written by homicide detective Brian Martin. He appeared to be having “a mental episode” and people thought he was on drugs.

1 week ago | theprobablecause.com | Jamie Duffy

FORT WAYNE, Ind. ---The homicide was in August when the evening is still summer lit. Around 6 p.m. August 3, 2017, a witness saw Tavon Underwood, now 27, and Carlos Ellis, now 26, swoop down on a black Buick Regal from different directions, firing their guns at the hapless victim, Nicholas Hennan, according to a probable cause affidavit written by homicide detective Brian Martin, the cold case sleuth for the Fort Wayne Police Department.

1 week ago | theprobablecause.com | Jamie Duffy

FORT WAYNE, Ind. ---The judge said the facts were appalling and he wasn’t convinced the foster dad’s Facebook apology was sincere. Chad Eppard, 31, was in court Thursday (April10) to receive his sentence for Felony 5 domestic battery and Felony 5 neglect of a dependent, both charges resulting in bodily injury.