COLUMBUS, Ind. - Last September, Darrell W. Crow, Jr. was charged with two counts of Dealing in Methamphetamine (Level 2 felonies) and one count of Dealing in Methamphetamine (Level 4 felony).
He was arrested during Operation Cold Front, a closely coordinated action of the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (“JNET”), Bartholomew County Sheriff, Columbus Police Department, and Bartholomew County Prosecutor’s Office.
Operation Cold Front also resulted in the arrest of eight other individuals for dealing and narcotics-related offenses.
On February 23 of this year, Crow, Jr. entered a plea of guilty to Dealing in Meth (Level 2 felony).
Following a sentencing hearing on March 24, 2026, Judge James Worton of the Bartholomew Superior Court 1 sentenced him to a total of 20 years, with 15 years to be served in the Indiana Department of Correction and 5 years suspended to probation with community corrections.
The sentencing range for a Level 2 felony is from 10 to 30 years, with an advisory sentence of 17.5 years.
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Portions of 18th and Elm Streets will close in early September for a Columbus City Utilities water tower replacement project scheduled through Sept. 30.
NORTH VERNON, Ind. - Jennings County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) Deputy Alex Campbell was recently on patrol when he saw something approaching that immediately caught his attention. It was a motorcycle and he clocked it at 118 mph in a posted 35 mph zone.
INDIANAPOLIS - Columbus Mayor Mary Ferdon was honored last weekend by the Asian Pacific American Public Affairs (APAPA) Indiana Chapter for her leadership in making Columbus a welcoming, inclusive, and resilient community.
COLUMBUS, Ind. — A Duke Energy power outage in downtown Columbus forced the closure of the Bartholomew County Courthouse and other Columbus City offices on Monday, August 24. About 250 Duke Energy customers were affected.