Man dies in lawn tractor incident
STILESVILLE, Ind. -- A lawn tractor overturned on top of a man who was spraying weeds Tuesday, crushing him to death.\nBrian Johnson, 46, was driving the tractor when it rolled backward on a steep hill near Stilesville, about 25 miles southwest of Indianapolis. Johnson was pinned by the tractor, which weighed 1,100 to 1,200 pounds, police said.\nJohnson remained pinned for an undetermined amount of time before he was found by his brother and father, who called for an ambulance. He was pronounced dead at the scene.\nPolice have ruled the death an accident. An autopsy also was planned.
Man sentenced after string of robberies\nSOUTH BEND -- A man was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to two bank holdups in St. Joseph County.\nThe holdups were among a string of at least 15 bank robberies committed by a man who often wore a suit and tie, earning him the nickname "The Well-Dressed Robber."\nTimothy Jackson, 40, also received a 20-year sentence June 13 in LaPorte County after pleading guilty to three holdups there. That sentence and the eight-year term imposed Monday by St. Joseph County Judge John Marnocha will run at the same time.\nThe string of holdups is believed to have included banks in St. Joseph, Elkhart, LaPorte, Porter and Marion counties, police said.\nThe plea agreements in St. Joseph and LaPorte counties are part of an overall agreement to wrap up all the cases without having trials in the three other counties, public defender Gregory Kauffman said.\nJackson has told officials he robbed banks to support his drug habit.
Woman killed in crash on I-69\nPENDLETON, Ind. -- A car driven by a Muncie woman ran off Interstate 69 northeast of Indianapolis Tuesday, killing the driver.\nRachel Martin, 41, hit a guard rail when she swerved to avoid a tractor-trailer that was changing lanes, said Sgt. Ray Poole of the Indiana State Police.\nMartin died at the scene, but her daughter, who was also in the car, was not injured, Poole said.\nPolice had no plans to file charges in the crash, which occurred near Pendleton, about 20 miles northeast of Indianapolis.\nThe accident that killed Martin was one of three serious crashes in central Indiana on Tuesday.
