My week started off innocent enough. It was the first day that it really felt like Spring outside. I went to Baker Park to make a warm weather feature.
I hadn’t been there for 20 minutes when some kids showed with toy guns – or so I thought.
Kids show up at Baker Park in New Castle, IN with airsoft weapons. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010
No. They weren’t real guns. But they were airsoft guns and probably didn’t belong on a playground.
Kids load their airsoft guns on the playground in Baker Park. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010
A kid takes aim and fires his airsoft pistol in the Baker Park playground. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010
Some parents called 911 and reported these kids. While the kids weren’t shooting at anyone, I think parents were concerned with ricochet.
A New Castle police officer gives a group of kids a warning after concerned parents called 911 to report the use of airsoft guns in the Baker Park playground. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010
That was Monday.
Wednesday brought something much more exciting, journalisticly speaking.
I was headed back into New Castle after spending the morning grabbing some shots in Knightstown (which is in the southern part of Henry County). My phone rang. It was my news editor letting me know that an armed robbery had just taken place (but of course it was in the northern part of the county).
I arrived in time to watch officers from Henry and Randolph counties along with Indiana State Troopers search the bright orange truck that was used as a getaway vehicle and the surrounding property.
Officers from Henry and Randolph counties and state troopers stand in front of the house where two men were arrested Wednesday after a robbery. The truck in the background was allegedly the getaway vehicle. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010
After deciding jurisdiction, both of the suspects were transferred into the custody of the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department.
John Michael Evans places his hands on his head as Henry County Sheriff's deputies and Indiana State Troopers transfer him into the custody of the Randolph County Sheriff's Department. Evans was caught at his residence after allegedly committing armed robbery in Losantville. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010
The weapon wasn’t recovered until the next day.