Joint Operation leads to Massachusetts Man Arrested for Murder

(Cambridge City, Indiana) A joint operation between troopers from Indiana State Police Pendleton District and the US Marshall Fugitive Task Force lead to the arrest of a Massachusetts man wanted on warrant for murder.

On Wednesday, October 26, 2022, Sergeant Brian Metcalfe, Master Trooper Patrick Yeend, and Trooper Avery Weisbrodt of the Indiana State Police Pendleton District were given information about Jason M. Palmer, 45, of Littleton, Massachusetts.  Troopers were told Palmer was parked in the rear of the Sinclair Gas Station at State Road 1 and Interstate 70 (exit 137) in a semi tractor trailer and had multiple felony warrants out of the State of Georgia.  Officers located the semi at the Sinclair Gas Station and conducted a high-risk traffic stop.  Palmer complied with the trooper's commands and was taken into custody without incident. There were no other occupants in the vehicle.

Jasom M. Palmer, 45, 3 Pickard Lane, Littleton, Massachusetts, was arrested and preliminarily charged with:

• Murder, a Felony.
• Aggravated Assault, a Felony.
• Concealing Death, a Felony

Palmer was taken to the Wayne County Jail and held with no bond pending extradition back to Georgia

All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until, and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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