The Beech Grove Police Department had never seen an officer killed by gunfire before the year 2000, when a chase turned ...

Indiana will execute Benjamin Ritchie early May 20, 2025 more than two decades after his murder conviction in the killing of ...

Ritchie was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of Beech Grove officer William Toney. A slew of last-minute appeals ...

Indiana officials have executed a man convicted in the 2000 killing of a police officer. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — An ...

By: Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic MICHIGAN CITY — Death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie was executed by ...

Ofc. Bill Toney was shot and killed on Sept. 29, 2000, while chasing down suspects who had run from a stolen van. Benjamin ...

Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on Indiana's death row since 2002, when he was convicted of killing Beech Grove Police Officer Bill Toney during a chase on foot. Ritchie was executed at the Indiana ...

On Sept. 29, 2000, Benjamin Ritchie and two other men stole a van in Beech Grove, Indiana. A few hours later, police attempted to pull it over and a chase ensued. Officer Bill Toney responded to a ...