A judge sentenced Jalen Thomas to 45 years in prison. Thomas is getting credit for 735 days – two years and five days – already served in jail, so his remaining sentence is just under 43 years. Thomas ...

LAWRENCE, Indiana — The man accused of shooting and killed 25-year-old Jasmine Bennett inside a Lawrence Dollar Tree in 2023 was in court Monday morning to change his plea in the case. Jalen Thomas ...

This information is compiled using data from Indianapolis police ... Within hours, detectives arrested 21-year-old Jalen Thomas in the fatal shooting. Police said Thomas is a former employee ...

Bennett, 25, died from her injuries later that day at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Jalen Thomas, 21, was arrested on suspicion of murder charge shortly after. According to the ...

Jalen Thomas entered the Marion County court room April 28 in shackles and a red jumpsuit. The judge read off Thomas' change of plea to "guilty but mentally ill" in the murder of Bennett ...