An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer was arrested following an off-duty altercation at a local gym.
Taylor Jones, 32, was arrested and preliminarily charged with battery resulting in moderate bodily injury on March 13 after the department said he was involved in an off-duty fight at a Crunch Time Fitness.
A police report listed a fight happening at 10:35 a.m. on Feb. 21 at the gym franchise’s 6160 North Keystone Avenue location. Jones was originally listed as the victim, while another man was listed as the suspect.
But the department said the IMPD Special Investigations Unit was requested and responded to the scene. Both Jones and the other man had their injuries documented. After speaking with everyone involved as well as witnesses, Jones was moved to administrative duty.
Jones surrendered on the evening of March 13.
He’s been with IMPD for seven years and was recently awarded Medal of Valor, highlighted by the IMPD North District’s Facebook page on Feb. 24, three days after police reported the fight. His name was removed from the Facebook post the evening of his arrest.
Before IMPD North District’s Facebook page changed their post following the arrest, Taylor Jones’ original name was listed as getting awarded back in February 2026.
Former IMPD officers arrested, acquitted and sentenced
Jones is one of several IMPD officers who have been arrested in recent years.
Last month, ex-IMPD officer Kamal Bola, now 36, was sentenced to 72 years behind bars with the Indiana Department of Correction for multiple charges that include child molesting. He was convicted by a Hendricks County jury on Feb. 24. Bola was arrested in 2024 following an initial investigation into allegations that he put up a hidden camera in an underage girl’s bedroom.
In January, ex-IMPD internal affairs officer Javed Richards sought a plea deal in a federal child porn case. He filed an agreement on Jan. 5 to plead guilty to one count of distribution of visual depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. A plea hearing is scheduled for April.
In August of 2025, ex-IMPD officer Paul Humphrey was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who worked for his lawn care business. Humphrey had been with the department for 24 years before the arrest. After learning about a DCS investigation into sexual abuse allegations, police were called to Humphrey’s business for an attempted suicide and found him unconscious in a small room filled with carbon monoxide. He was treated at a hospital before his arrest.
In July of 2025, retired IMPD officer David B. McDaniel was arrested in Hancock County after being accused of molesting a child. Indiana State Police investigators were informed about several instances of alleged child sexual abuse that happened several years ago. His jury trial is set for July 21.
Also in July of 2025, ex-IMPD officer Nicholas Cauley was arrested for harassing a woman he had a relationship with through texts, emails, social media and the dating app Hinge. He was charged with official misconduct after allegedly going to her workplace while in uniform and running her license plates through an IMPD computer. His case is pending.
In February 2025, ex-IMPD sergeant Sara Lamkin was arrested for shoplifting at Target. She resigned from the department in August of 2025 after filing a plea agreement for one theft charge. She was sentenced the same month to one year of probation.
Jade Jackson is a Public Safety Reporter for the Indianapolis Star. You can email her at Jade.Jackson@IndyStar.com and follow her on X, formerly Twitter @IAMJADEJACKSON.
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