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Indiana state Rep. Dan Forestal (D) was charged with drunken driving and impersonating a police officer after he reportedly tried to buy cocaine at a local bar, according to court documents reviewed by CNN. The Marion County Sheriff's Department told CNN on Thursday that Forestal, 36, was charged with one count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, resisting law enforcement and impersonating a public servant. Police said his encounter with the police officer occurred Saturday night after authorities received reports of someone impersonating a police officer in Indianapolis. Forestal, who was elected in 2012, reportedly told a local resident he...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – State Representative Daniel Forestal (D-Indianapolis) has been formally charged by Marion County prosecutors for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, resisting law enforcement, and a felony charge of impersonating a police officer. Witnesses who spoke with FOX59 on Tuesday said they were shocked to learn that the man driving around the neighborhood Saturday was in fact a State Representative. James McGuire and his wife told police they were walking in their neighborhood on Saturday, when they say Forestal flashed a badge, and asked where the drug dealers were. "He's like, ‘I'm official. I can get rid of them....

A woman and her fetus have died from injuries they suffered Sunday in Hemet when police say their vehicle was hit by the BMW of a professional boxer — a man they say was driving under the influence. Krystil Kincaid, 28, and her unborn child, of San Jacinto were killed as a result of the collision that happened about 8:30 p.m in the 500 block of N. Warren Road, the Riverside County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday.