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Vevay, IN

For­mer Indi­ana state gam­ing inves­ti­ga­tor has been arrested after he was accused of mis­us­ing coun­ter­feit money that had been con­fis­cated by authorities.

State police say 46-year-old Troy Knorr was accused of tak­ing for his per­sonal use coun­ter­feit money that had been stored in an evi­dence locker at Bel­terra Casino in Vevay. Knorr was an inves­ti­ga­tor for the Indi­ana Gam­ing Com­mis­sion, but Com­mis­sion Direc­tor Ernie Yel­ton says Knorr was ter­mi­nated as a result of the allegations.

Knorr, of Colum­bus, faces felony charges of forgery, cor­rupt busi­ness influ­ence, theft and offi­cial mis­con­duct. He was arrested Tues­day and released on bond from the Switzer­land County Jail.

Knorr didn’t imme­di­ately return a phone mes­sage seek­ing comment.

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Elwood, IN

ISP Inves­ti­gates Evi­dence Miss­ing From Elwood Police Department

ELWOOD, Ind. — An Elwood police offi­cer has been sus­pended pend­ing an inves­ti­ga­tion into the dis­ap­pear­ance of crim­i­nal case evidence.

The city’s mayor con­firmed to 6News’ Ericka Flye Wednes­day that a police offi­cer was the focus of the investigation.

“That offi­cer has been sus­pended with pay as of this time,” said Mer­rill Tay­lor. “I think know­ing that some­thing like this would hap­pen by a per­son that you put in pub­lic safety, that’s what both­ers me the most.”

City lead­ers met Wednes­day evening to dis­cuss what action might be taken in the case, but those dis­cus­sions were not made public.

The Indi­ana State Police are head­ing up the inves­ti­ga­tion, which involves evi­dence miss­ing from the department’s evi­dence room, police said.

“There are lock­ers and keys, and that will be part of the inves­ti­ga­tion as to who got into the lock­ers and what type of evi­dence,” said ISP Sgt. Mike Burns. “We’ll prob­a­bly have to look at the case reports going back quite a ways and what evi­dence was turned in with those case reports and com­pare the total num­ber that was turned in with what they have at the sta­tion now.”

Burns declined to say why the officer’s name was being with­held if he is the focus of a crim­i­nal investigation.

Sources told 6News that the case involves an offi­cer who allegedly stole drugs from the evi­dence locker.

The inves­ti­ga­tion began when the town’s mayor and police chief asked ISP to inves­ti­gate the miss­ing evidence.

ISP offi­cials said it could take weeks for its inves­ti­ga­tion to be completed.

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