Three local teens arrested for murder

Two Bedford men and one juvenile were arrested Saturday for preliminary charges of murder and robbery.

Austin Curtis, 18, was arrested Saturday morning in Lawrence County, Ind.

Taylor Flynn, 19, and a 16-year-old boy were arrested Saturday afternoon in Ironton, Ohio.

The Indiana Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Sunday that Curtis was apprehended.

It gave no further detail on the case.

The Lawrence County Ohio Sheriff’s Department received a description from U.S. Marshals of the vehicle that Flynn and the juvenile were traveling in Saturday
afternoon.

An Ironton police officer found the vehicle at 3:40 p.m. The officer watched the car for 10 minutes until the suspects returned, along with a young adult male.

Deputy John Chapman of the Lawrence County Ohio Sheriff’s Dept. said the young adult was the suspects’ friend.

The officer attempted to pull over the vehicle once the suspects had started driving, but they did not stop.

The suspects drove through a heavily crowded yard at Susan Court Apartments, Ironton Police Chief Dan Johnson said.

The officer drove around the block in an attempt to cut them off.

The officer found the vehicle abandoned and the young adult, but the two suspects were gone.

Another officer located the two suspects hiding in a van on Buckhorn Street, near Fourth Street.

The boy is being held in a juvenile detention center in Ironton. Flynn is being held in the Ohio Lawrence County Jail for transfer to Indiana Lawrence County.

Dennis Barbosa