Joshua A. Kelley was sentenced to 115 years for trying to kill Indiana officers. (Photo: Steuben County Prosecuting Attorney)
A man convicted of attempting to murder police officers during a standoff at a Fremont, Indiana, motel back in 2018 was sentenced to 115 years Monday by a Steuben County judge.
In August, a jury found 39-year-old Joshua A. Kelley guilty of multiple charges related to the incident at the Travelers Inn on June 14, 2018, WANE reports.
According to court documents, police were sent to the motel after receiving a 911 call from a woman who whispered, “I am at the Travelers Inn and there is a dead girl in the bathroom.” The woman then hung up and called back minutes later with the message, “At the Travelers Inn in Fremont. There is a dead girl in the bathroom.”
After arriving at the motel, officers made their way to room 12 and saw that the bathroom door was shut, the affidavit said. When the door was opened, officers were confronted by Kelley, who had a handgun. One officer said Kelley pointed the gun at his face. The officers then backed away and that’s when Kelley fired on them.
Emergency Response Teams made a perimeter around the motel and called in hostage negotiators who made contact with Kelley. He was gassed out of the room.