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BENTON COUNTY, INDIANA â Detectives from the Indiana State Police Lafayette Post are seeking the publicâs assistance locating two suspects from a burglary that took place in Fowler on Feb. 9, 2021. Detectives have identified two suspects, and their names are Caleb Oppelt and Paija Bennett, according to information from the state police.
Caleb Oppelt is a 21-year-old white male who is 6â2â and approximately 175 pounds with strawberry blonde hair and hazel eyes. Oppelt has an active warrant for his arrest out of Benton County for two counts of burglary â Level 1 felony; two counts of conspiracy to commit burglary â Level 1 felony; two counts aggravated battery â Level 3 felony.
ISP searching for two Fowler burglary suspects
Caleb Oppelt (left) and Paija Bennett (right)
Detectives from the Indiana State Police Lafayette Post are seeking the public’s assistance locating two suspects from a burglary that took place in Fowler, IN on February 9, 2021.
Posted: Apr 1, 2021 1:54 PM
Updated: Apr 1, 2021 2:08 PM
Posted By: ISP / WLFI
Benton County – Detectives from the Indiana State Police Lafayette Post are seeking the public’s assistance locating two suspects from a burglary that
Detectives have identified two suspects, and their names are Caleb Oppelt and Paija Bennett.
Caleb Oppelt is a 21-year-old male who is 6 2 and approximately 175 pounds with strawberry blonde hair and hazel eyes.
Police believe Caleb Oppelt and Paija Bennett have left Indiana and are armed and dangerous.
Credit: Indiana State Police Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 5:01 PM EDT April 1, 2021
FOWLER, Ind. Indiana State Police detectives are asking for the public s help in finding two men wanted for a February burglary and shooting.
Detectives from the ISP Lafayette Post identified 21-year-old Caleb Oppelt and 23-year-old Paija Bennett as suspects in a burglary and shooting that happened in Fowler, Indiana just after midnight on Feb. 9, 2021.
Police said two people were shot that night. The victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the incident.
Oppelt is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs approximately 175 pounds. He has strawberry blonde hair and hazel eyes. He has an active warrant for his arrest out of Benton County for three crimes: