officers investigate suspicious activity near lotus center dumpsters, Terre Haute IN

Suspicious Activity

Reported: 11/10/2025 06:56 PM

N 6th 1/2 St, Terre Haute, IN

Officers responded to a report of suspicious activity near dumpsters between the Lotus Center and another building on a parking lot's north side. Conflicting witness reports placed the activity either behind the dumpster or in an adjacent field, but no threat was found upon investigation.

Audio|Source: Terre Haute Public Safety and Vigo County Fire

02:47

Transcript:

00:00

241 are out at near Ohio.

00:07

Player just out of code 1137, Ohio.

00:15

Provising it occurred over here by this dumpster right here.

00:20

One dumpster?

00:22

The dumpster between the Lotus Center and the Peather building on the north side of the parking lot of the parking lot?

00:33

Copy where all the bikes are.

00:37

Standby, I'm getting conflicting stories.

00:44

Hey, Daryl, you can shut that line down.

00:49

32, I'll be complete.

00:51

Keyholders, uh, no longer gonna make seem.

00:55

Copy.

00:56

Click.

01:01

I have about two people saying it happened behind the dumpster, about two people saying it happened in the field somewhere.

01:10

595 to ISU.

01:12

Uh,

01:13

I'll check me on the dumpster.

01:19

Go ahead.

01:24

I'll be 1042.

01:30

Central 8420, 1042.

01:34

Eighty-four twenty.

01:35

Eighty-four twenty.

01:40

I'm going to go walk this woodline area.

01:48

I'm clear. I'm checking the field to the north of the locus.

01:58

3-8-337, I'm not seeing anything behind the dumpster?

02:01

And forth.

02:07

I'm not seeing anything in the field.

02:11

That is a large field to search.

02:18

I feel like it would have been somewhere close over here if they were able to see it.

02:28

And again, one of them is advising it's going to be, like, way northeast in the field.

02:38

I've got a tip back here.

02:39

Somebody wants to come back here to the northeast corner here.

02:45

I'm going to turn around and get back to you.

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N 6th 1/2 St, Terre Haute, IN

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