FRANKLIN, Ind. — Indiana State Police have been called in to investigate texts exchanged between Johnson County Coroner Mike Pruitt and a 17-year-old female high school student.

The request for the review came from Johnson County Sheriff Duane Burgess, who personally served Pruitt with a Protective Order approved and ordered by Special Judge David Riggins out of Shelby County on Aug. 20.

Mike Pruitt is a familiar face in Johnson and Marion counties, holding other high-profile positions, including former deputy chief of the Bargersville Fire Department, former public information officer for the Wayne Township Fire Department and a member of the elite Indiana Task Force One, which responds to major incidents around the country.

Now, Pruitt's texts are at the center of a state police inves

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