Carmel man charged in I-465 road rage case

By GREGG MONTGOMERY
WISH-TV | wishtv.com

A Carmel man was charged Monday in connection to an early Sunday road rage incident on I-465 that led to a report of shots being fired, according to Carmel Police Department and online court records.

Thomas Wayne Ferguson, 37, was booked into the Hamilton County jail in Noblesville on Sunday night, online records show.

Carmel Police Department said in a Facebook post on Monday afternoon that its officers were called around 3:35 a.m. Sunday to the 3700 block of West 97th Street. That’s in the North Augusta housing addition just north of the U.S. 421/Michigan Road interchange for I-465.

Online court records show Ferguson lives on that block, which is near Carmel’s border with Indianapolis.

Police say the incident began on I-465 before escalating in the residential area. The Facebook post did not report any injuries.

Ferguson’s bail was set at $75,000 on Monday in Hamilton Superior Court 2.

Online court records show he’s charged with mid-level felony counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, and intimidation. He also faces low-level felony charges of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a domestic batterer.

Online court documents were not immediately available Monday night.

The Carmel Police Department says it coordinated its efforts with the Fishers Police Department’s special weapons and tactics team to execute search warrants on two adjacent homes during the investigation. Detectives later located Ferguson in a vehicle, and arrested him with the assistance of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

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