A state law created in 2018 allows for a 20- to 40-year prison sentence if convicted of dealing a controlled substance, such as fentanyl, that results in death.

The Marion County Democratic Party held a caucus meeting Saturday morning to allow committee people to cast their votes for prosecutor. Mears assumed the role of acting prosecutor after Terry Curry resigned from the position for health reasons.

The announcement comes one day after Acting Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said his office would not press criminal charges against those found with less than one ounce of marijuana.

Acting Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced the new policy Monday, saying the office will focus on prosecuting violent crimes.

Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry announced Monday he has been undergoing treatment for prostate cancer since 2015. He says it has become necessary for him to "focus on my health and family."

Marion County prosecutors want to try a 15-year-old Indianapolis boy as an adult in last week's fatal shootings of two teenage siblings.

Forestal plead guilty in November 2007 to operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

State Rep. Dan Forestal (D-Indianapolis) was charged with drunk driving, resisting law enforcement, and impersonation of a public servant, the last being a felony.

Prosecutors have filed reckless homicide charges against a semi driver for a highway construction zone crash in Indianapolis that killed a woman and her 18-month-old twin daughters.

The Marion County Prosecutor's office will offer free assistance during a workshop later this month.