A home invasion in a near-campus neighborhood resulted in the arrest of a Muncie man Tuesday on burglary and battery charges.

Police were called to a residence in the 300 block of South Nichols Avenue around 4 p.m. and one of the residents said two men entered his house, and one punched him and stole his wallet.

The victim recalled the suspect who had been at his house for a party and was able, with help from his friends, to identify him to police.

Ball State University police later arrested Yannick Christian Atchade, 21, 2706 W. Welllington Dr., after the victim identified him as one of the suspects.

Atchade was held on preliminary charges of felony burglary, battery and theft, and held under a $20,000 bond.

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A Delaware County courts official has been admonished for abusing his power when he received a parking ticket last year.

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A Ball State University employee collapsed while working Tuesday night and died from an apparent heart attack.

An electrician, was working at the Teacher’s College when other employees found him in Room 101. He was pronounced dead at the scene after 11 p.m. 

A history of heart and respiratory problems, according to Delaware County Coroner James Clevenger Jr., and likely died of heart failure.

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Indiana State Police troopers from the Redkey District arrested eight people for driving while intoxicated during DWI patrols from Friday evening through this morning.

Patrols were conducted within the Redkey District, which includes Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Jay and Randolph counties.

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Police are responding to the apparent death of a four-month-old child.

Police Radio traffic indicated that detectives and the prosecutor were on the way to the scene.

The yard has been taped off as a crime scene.

There were attempts to revive the child, and then the coroner was called to the home.

UPDATE:

Muncie Police tell 24-Hour News 8 that the death is suspicious because they responded to the death of a two-month-old infant at the same address on Nov. 3, 2009.

According to Sgt. Engle, the woman who lives at that address is a babysitter who works with children through her church, Westminster Presbyterian.

Engle says the investigation into the two-month-old infant’s death determined there was nothing suspicious about the death.

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Mayor Sharon McShurley has agreed to ask the federal government for enough money to rehire 25 of 32 firefighters laid off last year.

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A father and son team who allegedly fed their fast food habit with counterfeit bills were arrested Wednesday after peddling their phony bills at a slew of restaurants across East Central Indiana.

Arrested by Muncie police, U.S. Secret Service agents and Hartford City and Marion police were serving a warrant at their home in Hartford City.

Police Capt. Mark Vollmar said his department was tipped off to the alleged counterfeiters by an Arby's manager on Wheeling Avenue, where the two men used a counterfeit $10 bill for a drive-through order.

The two returned the next day and were recognized by a clerk, who got a vehicle description and passed it on to police. Police tracked the vehicle to a nearby Mac's on McGalliard Road, where the men were taken into custody.

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Two young men held up a south Muncie liquor store Thursday night, getting away with a handful of cash.

Muncie police were looking for two black males wearing black jackets who came into Save On Liquor, 1920 S. Madison St., about 8:30 p.m. and demanded cash.One of the robbers had a black handgun, and both fled on foot.

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Muncie and Delaware County police Sunday night were searching for a bandit who fled from a northside adult novelty store carrying its cash register.

The armed robbery at Cirilla's, 601 E. McGalliard Road, was reported about 8:45 p.m.

The bandit was described as a while male with blonde hair and a beard, wearing a denim jacket and jeans. He fled the scene on foot, according to scanner traffic.

Initial reports indicated the stolen cash register contained about $150.

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The city recently received $665,700 to pay for energy-efficiency upgrades. Examples of how the money will be used:

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A Muncie woman was found slain Thursday, a day after she told police she had been threatened by a man who had earlier burglarized her near-southside home.

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Muncie  police investigating the slaying of a local woman made two arrests late Thursday.

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A robber with a machete in his sweatpants chose the wrong neighborhood dry cleaners to rob.

Michael G. Robbins, 26, was caught after a short foot race with a patrol officer who happened to be in the neighborhood.

Robbins is accused of robbing the North Vogue Cleaners, 3608 N. Wheeling Ave., about 12:37 p.m. after he showed the handle of a machete in his sweatpants.

Patrol officer Jeff Pease was in the neighborhood and found Robbins, who matched the description of the suspect, running toward a house on Lanewood Drive.

The daylight robbery only netted some cash and no one was hurt, but it is the eighth so far this week in a season in which police typically see a spike in robbery.

The suspect said he needed cash to get some property out of the pawn shop, according to police Capt. Mark Vollmar.

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A Muncie woman was robbed at gunpoint Friday morning by two men who forced their way into her Dice Acres home.

Local authorities are still looking for two black males armed with handguns that committed the home invasion in the 2900 block of West Cypress Drive.Delaware County Sheriff George Sheridan Jr. and other deputies searched the area after the incident, but there were no immediate arrests.

The woman, in her mid-20s, was shaken up, but not hurt.

 Sheridan said the victim was asleep and the suspects threw a blanket over her head while they robbed her just before 7 a.m.

 Sheriff’s deputies spent the morning interviewing neighbors and searching for the suspects.

A Muncie couple was jailed after allegedly letting their small children wander to a nearby grocery.

Muncie police were called to the Marsh Supermarket at 3705 S. Madison St. Tuesday afternoon on a report of two children, ages 5 and 6, wandering in the store by themselves.

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A Muncie police officer once recognized for his outstanding work is serving a 10-day suspension without pay for crashing a police car that injured other people.

Not only did patrol officer total a 2007 Ford Crown Victoria, costing the city $14,368, he also injured the driver and passenger when hitting a 2004 Chevy Impala head-on at Jackson Street, near Holland Street, on Nov. 1.

Nickens was responding to a holdup alarm at the Gas America pantry, 3300 E. Jackson St., that turned out to be false.

An investigation by police found the officer responded to the call without using emergency lights and sirens. He also was not wearing a seat belt and traveled at speeds in excess of 90 miles an hour.

When the officer arrived at the scene, another vehicle drifted into his lane of travel, causing him to cross into eastbound lanes where he hit the Chevy Impala head-on.

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Police are searching for a suspect in an attempted robbery at Aunt Millie's bread shop at the intersection of Walnut Street and Memorial Drive.

The incident, which happened about 11:30 a.m., is the latest in a rash of robberies and attempted robberies in Muncie, with pantries pharmacies and people walking the streets the targets.

Muncie police investigated a robbery early Tuesday at the Village Pantry, 603 W. Jackson St., where a white male wearing dark glasses and checked wool coat displayed a silver handgun and demanded cash from a clerk.

Minutes after the 2:38 a.m. robbery, a man walking in an alley behind Wilson Avenue was robbed by a man who had a similar description to the pantry robber. This time, the robber had a white shirt over his head and told the victim he did not take his cash.

Another patron of the Oasis Bar, 1811 S. Burlington Drive was confronted by a robber around 9:45 p.m. Monday.

A robber also held up the CVS Pharmacy at Madison Street and Memorial Drive just before 8 p.m. Monday.

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Police are searching for two men who are suspected of robbing the CVS store on the corner of Madison Street and Memorial Drive.

The robbery happened shortly before 8 p.m.

When he was arrested Nov. 9, Willard Monroe Jent Jr. told city police he intended to kill himself.

Early Saturday, in his cell at the Delaware County jail, Jent apparently made good on that threat.

Delaware County Coroner James Clevenger Jr. - whose office was notified of Jent's death shortly before 5 a.m. - said he believed the 49-year-old Muncie man had committed suicide.

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