Richmond police arrested an adult man and a 12-year-old boy on Wednesday after investigating a report of threats involving a gun near South 9th Street. Officers identified the man as Robert White-Martinez, who now faces a felony intimidation charge, while the juvenile was arrested on a weapons count of his own.
The Richmond Police Department said it was looking into reports of threats with a gun when officers found White-Martinez and the boy in the area of South 9th Street, according to the department's account relayed by fox59.com. White-Martinez was taken into custody on charges of intimidation with a deadly weapon, a Level 5 felony under Indiana Code 35-45-2-1, along with unlawful carrying of a handgun.
A 12-Year-Old Faces His Own Weapons Charge
The 12-year-old boy was also arrested, on a preliminary charge of unlawful carrying of a handgun. Fox59's report notes the incident unfolded on Wednesday, with the man and the juvenile both taken into custody for unlawful carrying of a handgun, separate from the intimidation count filed against White-Martinez alone.
Charges Remain Allegations
The agency has not released further details on what preceded the reported threats or how the gun came to be in the juvenile's possession.
Cases involving juveniles and firearms have drawn scrutiny elsewhere in Indiana. In Indianapolis, detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department arrested a 17-year-old after investigators said they saw him carrying a gun onto the Butler University campus, according to WISH-TV. On Long Island, the Suffolk County Police Department reported arresting a 16-year-old student for possessing a firearm at a school in Smithtown.
Statewide, juvenile firearm cases have been significant enough to draw legislative attention. A fiscal-note analysis from the Indiana Legislative Services Agency, Office of Fiscal and Management Analysis, found that approximately 90 juvenile cases were direct filed to adult court for firearm-related offenses in calendar year 2025. Separately, a 2025 report from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute catalogs firearm-related offenses among juveniles, including dangerous possession of a firearm and alteration of a firearm's identifying marks.
No additional information has been released about bond, upcoming hearings, or how prosecutors plan to proceed in the Richmond case.
