A Shelbyville man was arrested Wednesday for child solicitation after a standoff with the city’ SWAT team.

According to the Shelbyville Police Department, officers went to serve a search warrant at an apartment complex but had information that a suspect had weapons in the home. The SWAT team was called in and neighbors were evacuated for their safety.

After officers secured the area, crisis negotiators tried to reach the suspect by phone, with a loud speaker and finally a text message. The suspect, James C. Griner came to the door and surrendered to officers. After a search, Griner was arrested on a preliminary charge of child solicitation.

Seymour’s John Rust is filing an appeal to the Indiana Election Division’s unanimous vote that took him off the Republican primary ballot in the U.S. Senate race.

Rust believes the state’s two primary law shouldn’t apply to him because of a December ruling from Marion County Superior Court Judge Patrick Dietrick who found it unconstitutional. The law mandates candidates need to vote in the primary for the party they want to represent for the last two primary elections. Rust voted in the Democratic primary in 2012 and the Republican primary in 2016, which were his last two primary votes cast.

Rust is a former executive with Rose Acre Farms.

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Conservation officers say a man was shot dead at the north gate to Clifty Falls State Park Wednesday afternoon.

According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, state officers along with Jefferson County deputies were called to the scene after several people reported the shooting at 2:48 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.

Police say that 47-year old Joseph R. Lane of Carrollton, Georgia, was found dead near the parking lot with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest.

Officers, deputies and police with the Madison Police Department arrested 33-year-old John D McElwaney of Tallapoosa, Georgia on a preliminary charge of involuntary manslaughter. He was first taken to the hospital to be checked out before going to jail.