Phil Nichols and Jess Neal were arrested Thursday morning in Muncie on federal arrest warrants. The Star Press reports
Phil Nichols is the father of Craig Nichols, a former city building commissioner who was sentenced to two years in federal prison in 2019 after pleading guilty to wire fraud and money laundering. Neal has been a longtime Muncie Police Department officer and investigator. He had served as the professional standards officer for the department but no longer fills that post.