US EditionCass County courtroom sees suspects in Tippecanoe Co. judge shooting case
Five suspects linked to an outlaw motorcycle gang were arrested after a manhunt for shooting an Indiana judge and wife, with $10,000 bribery aimed at silencing a witness, prosecutors said.
- On January 18, Judge Steven Meyer and his wife Kim Meyer were shot when multiple rounds struck their Lafayette front door, wounding both; the judge had worse wounds to his left arm and was hospitalized in Indianapolis.
- Prosecutors say the scheme included an alleged $10,000 offer to silence a witness, aiming to stop Thomas Moss's upcoming jury trial, court filings reveal.
- Doorbell-Camera footage tracked alleged shooter Raylen Ferguson and investigators say he fired multiple shots through the front door; Blake Smith bought a matching gun on January 5.
- All five defendants pleaded not guilty and were ordered no contact, while Judge Lisa Swaim set bonds of at least $5 million for Thomas Moss and Raylen Ferguson.
- Trial dates are scheduled for May with a jury trial set for May 6 alongside Blake Smith, Raylen Ferguson and Amanda Milsap, while Thomas Moss faces related proceedings in Tippecanoe County courts.
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Shocking shooting of judge, wife was failed hit by biker gang trying to derail high-ranking member’s trial: officials
An Indiana judge and his wife shot in their home were targeted by members of a motorcycle gang to derail a domestic abuse case against one of them after the alleged gunman cased the couple’s home days before the shooting, according to officials.
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Defendants accused of shooting Lafayette judge appear in Cass County court
The Cass County courthouse was under extra security precautions Wednesday as Superior Court 2 Judge Lisa Swaim held the initial hearings for four co-defendants accused of orchestrating the attempted murder of a Tippecanoe County judge and a bribery attempt.
Plot to kill Indiana judge lands five people in front of a replacement judge
Suspects are facing charges in a brazen scheme to thwart an Indiana court case, tamper with witnesses and kill a judge and his wife, according to prosecutors in Lafayette. If the plot had succeeded, a witness would have been paid $10,000 for her silence, and a veteran Indiana judge and his wife would be dead, killed by a shotgun blast through their front door. As it was, the gun attack wounded them both and five people linked to an outlaw motorc…
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