🌱 IMPD Officer Charged + East Side Car Crash + Youth Employment

Happy Tuesday, neighbors! Let's get this day started. These are the most important things going on today in Indianapolis.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy, chilly; a p.m. shower. High: 45 Low: 41.

Here are the top three stories in Indianapolis today:

1. A third-year officer with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is facing charges after an excessive use of force investigation. Travis Lewis is facing one felony count of official misconduct and two misdemeanor counts of battery with bodily injury after he allegedly threw a man onto the asphalt while handcuffed last month. A recommendation of termination was delivered to the IMPD Civilian Police Merit Board for Lewis, who has been suspended without pay. (WISH TV Indianapolis, IN)
2. One person was killed in a crash on the east side on Monday morning. The crash occurred near the 5300 block of Massachusetts Avenue, between Emerson Avenue and North Ritter Avenue, at around 11:00 a.m. IMPD shut down the area to investigate. (WISH TV Indianapolis, IN)
3. A youth employment program is helping teens and young adults gain job training, learn life coping skills, and complete their education. Workforce development organization EmployIndy and its youth employment system, known as YES Indy, created a multi-level initiative to change youth's mindset from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset. Participants in the program are between the ages of 16-24 who have either experienced homelessness, did not complete high school, or are young parents. (WFYI)

Today in Indianapolis:

• Indianapolis City Market Catacombs Tours 2022, At Indianapolis City Market (11:00 AM)
• Chicago Pizza Dine To Donate, At Servants Heart of Indy, Inc (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• IndyCraftivist wants to change the world through crafting. (FOX 59 Indianapolis)
• Sugar Factory is opening in downtown Indianapolis this week with a celebrity guest DJing. (IndyStar)
• An IndyHumane cat, Bubba, is looking for her forever home with help from the Hensley Legal Group. (WISH TV Indianapolis, IN)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.