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By Joshua Rhett Miller
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Five suspects have been arrested in the shooting of an Indiana judge and his wife at their home, police said.
The Lafayette Police Department announced the arrests in a statement late Thursday following a multistate operation and hundreds of investigative hours into the shooting of Judge Steven Meyer and his wife, Kimberly, in the 1700 block of Mill Pond Lane on January 18.
Meyer, a 12-year veteran of Tippecanoe Superior Court, had an injury to his arm, while his wife sustained an injury to her hip. Both were listed in stable condition following the incident, police said.
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Police said three suspects are facing attempted murder and related charges: Raylen Ferguson, 38, of Lexington, Kentucky; Thomas Moss, 43, of Tippecanoe County, Indiana; and Blake Smith, 32, of Dayton, Indiana.
Ferguson, Moss and Smith also face conspiracy to commit murder and gang enhancement charges, police said.
Two women, identified by police as Amanda Milsap, 45, and Zenada Greer, 61, have also been arrested. Milsap, of Lafayette, faces charges of bribery and obstruction of justice, while Greer, of Lexington, Kentucky, was taken into custody on allegations of assisting a criminal and obstruction of justice.
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“The Lafayette Police Department thanks the community for its cooperation and patience throughout this investigation,” police said in a statement obtained by Newsweek.
Additional details about the shooting would be provided in “coming days,” a police spokesman said in an email announcing the arrests late Thursday.
It’s unclear if any of the five suspects had hired attorneys who could speak on their behalf early Friday.
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Moss had been scheduled to go on trial on January 20—just two days after the shooting—on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by a violent felon, criminal recklessness and domestic battery, according to court records cited by WTHR.
Moss, who was scheduled to appear before Judge Meyer in that case, is now scheduled for a hearing Friday to reset his jury trial, the station reported.
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Meyer, 66, issued a statement days after the shooting to thank the public and court colleagues for the “outpouring of support” he and his wife had received as they recovered from their injuries.
“I want the community to know that I have strong faith in our judicial system,” Meyer said on January 21. “This horrific violence will not shake my belief in the importance of peacefully resolving disputes. I remain confident we have the best judicial system in the world, and I am proud to be a part of it.”
Meyer, a Democrat and former city councilmember in Lafayette, announced in December that he would not seek reelection for a third term.
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Loretta H. Rush, the chief justice of Indiana, said in a statement Sunday that she was concerned about the safety of all judges throughout the state in the aftermath of the shooting.
“As you work to peacefully resolve more than 1 million cases a year, you must not only feel safe, you must also be safe,” Rush told Indiana judges in a statement. “Any violence against a judge or a judge's family is completely unacceptable. As public servants, you are dedicated to the rule of law.”
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