JOHNSON COUNTY Five deputy coroners in Johnson County handed in their letters of resignation ahead of Johnson County Coroner Mike Pruitt returning to work on Wednesday.

Pruitt is in the center of an Indiana State Police investigation for allegedly texting and supplying alcohol and marijuana gummies to a 17-year-old girl.

Pruitt addressed the resignations in an email sent to WRTV:

Derek Wilson, the former Chief Deputy Coroner of Johnson County, also issued a statement, sharing his decision to leave the office:

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