Former Starke County detectives indicted in investigation into missing evidence

STARKE COUNTY, Ind. - Two former Starke County Sheriff's Office detectives were indicted by a grand jury on charges of official misconduct and theft following an investigation into missing evidence.

A special prosecutor was appointed to the case in September 2021. The indictment was handed down on Monday.

Former Detective Adam Gray is facing four counts of felony official misconduct, misdemeanor dealing in paraphernalia, two counts of misdemeanor theft and one count misdemeanor dealing in smokable hemp. Most of the incidents occurred in 2018 or 2019.

He is accused of giving a person a pipe for smoking marijuana as well as marijuana that was taken from evidence, court records said. He is also accused of stealing cash.

Former Detective Don Ferguson is facing three counts of felony official misconduct, felony theft of a firearm, misdemeanor theft, and misdemeanor false informing for incidents that allegedly happened in 2018 or 2019 and December 2020.

Ferguson is accused of stealing multiple firearms and prescription pills. He also allegedly gave false statements in an official police report.