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TAYLOR CRANE

AFFIDAVIT FOR PROBABLE CAUSE
The undersigned swears and'affirms, under the

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penalties for perjury, that he/she has

good cause

to believe that:

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On

29th, 2020 in the County of Allen and in the State of Indiana said
or about the Friday,
Defendant did knowingly commit the crime(s) of OBSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC (35-44.1-2-13),

DISORDERLY

CONDUCT (35-45-1-3),
The Defendant,

TAYLOR CRANE,

is

described as being:

WHITE, MALE,

06/37/1993

1745F is an officer of the Fort Wayne Police Department. The Affiant believes and has good
cause to believe that the said Defendant committed the aforesaid offense(s). The Affiant bases his/her belief on the fact that
sometime during the course of the evening on 5/29/2020 there was a large protest in downtown Fort Wayne. This prétest
escalated into a riot where unknown persons were blocking streets and vandalizing properties and throwing items at law

The Affiant,

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enforcement.

conducted follow up investigations into the course of events that happened fiom Friday 5/29/2020 through 6/16/2020. I was
able to watch several different videos of events that happened 0n Friday 5/29/2020. In a Fort Wayne’s NBC Facebook post
the Defendant is observed walking in the intersection of Clinton St and Main St blocking traffic. In the video I observed the
Defendant make contact with the camera man and do an interview as to why people were acting the way they were. The

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Defendant was observed multiple times going back and~forth

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Hearing on issue of probable cause held. State of Indiana, by Prosecuting Attorney Karen E. Richards, files Affidavit for
issue a warrant for arrest of Db
by the Court. Court finds probable cause does exist for arrest of Defendant, and orders Clerk to

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