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2 of 88 LaPorte County registered sex offenders found in noncompliance during...
Just two of the 88 registered sex offenders checked in a Oct. 11 police sweep were found to be noncompliant of registry regulations, according to a LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office press release....
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UPDATE: Suspect in burglary and fight with homeowner is apprehended
Sheriff’s Deputy Rashaun Sinclair walks Charles Appleberry into the entrance of the sheriff’s detective bureau. A mugshot of Appleberry is pending. (Sheriff’s office photo) UPDATE from sheriff’s office...
View ArticleUPDATE: Body of LaPorte man found in Trail Creek
Information from Indiana DNR: Indiana DNR officers reported Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, that the man found dead in Trail Creek Oct. 16 has been identified as Tommie Allison, 37, of LaPorte. An autopsy was...
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PNC Bank in MC robbed Wednesday; suspect arrested less than an hour later
Richardson A man now charged with robbing PNC Bank, 301 W. U.S. 20, on Oct. 18, 2017, was apprehended within an hour of the robbery. Derrick Richardson, 40, of Michigan City, is charged with robbery, a...
View ArticleSheriff’s deputy revives one dog, another dog and cat die in house fire on CR...
Press release from LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office: On Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, at 2:42 p.m., sheriff’s deputies responded with firefighters and LaPorte County EMS to 1905 E CR 150 N on a reported...
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New Carlisle man charged with reckless homicide, OWI in crash that killed...
Gorbonosenko A former LaPorte County EMS paramedic has been charged with reckless homicide and OWI regarding the deaths of the couple who owned Packman’s Pizzeria in LaPorte. Tron Gorbonosenko, 40, of...
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Cop (with more hair at the time) recalls what he had to do 25 years ago to...
Mike Kellems, now a LaPorte County Sheriff’s Captain, sported hair, denim and spiffy white sneakers at the time he did what had to be done to euthanize a young buck in 1992. EDITOR’S NOTE: Sometimes...
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Former LaPorte, Westville officer retires as deputy director of Indiana Law...
Press release provided Michael Lindsay Michael J. Lindsay, Deputy Director of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy and the Law Enforcement Training Board and a former resident of LaPorte and Westville,...
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Oops: Habitual traffic offender unwittingly tries to race with cop in...
Thome A motorist trying to get another driver to race with him found out the hard way that the other driver was a cop in an unmarked squad car. LaPorte County Sheriff’s Deputy Jim Fish was driving the...
View ArticleTeen who escaped from juvenile center, then allegedly stole guns and...
Press release from Michigan City Police: On Tuesday, Oct. 24, at approximately 11:50 a.m., the Michigan City Police Department was dispatched to the area of the 1800 block of Elston Street in an...
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NIPSCO, firefighters, police advise residents of controlled natural gas...
This photo provided by NIPSCO shows a flare from a previous natural gas burn-off. Press release from LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office: Beginning Thursday, Oct. 26, and possibly extending through Sunday,...
View ArticlePolice scanner not working anymore? Officer explains why, and how to upgrade
Press release from Michigan City Police Sgt. Chris Yagelski: Everyone might not realize at this time that LaPorte County has switched to digital 800 megahertz radio communications. This was done for...
View ArticleMan, woman shot at MC trailer park; suspect apprehended after chase
Information from Michigan City Police A man is in custody after allegedly shooting a couple, then leading police on a chase, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Felony charges are expected against Brandon Shepard,...
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LaPorte man charged with dealing heroin
Press release from LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office Jester The LaPorte County Drug Task Force announces that charges have been filed against Timothy Jester, 37, of LaPorte, for dealing heroin. The task...
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Former Center Township fire chief joins in saving a life in Florida
Mike Turner, a member of the Moose Lodge of Anna Maria Island, FL, and a retired firefighter from Indiana, points to the Gulf of Mexico where he helped rescue an unconscious man. (Islander photo: Kathy...
View ArticleSheriff’s deputy revives one dog, another dog and cat die in house fire on CR...
Press release from LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office: On Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, at 2:42 p.m., sheriff’s deputies responded with firefighters and LaPorte County EMS to 1905 E CR 150 N on a reported...
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Drunk speeder arrested on U.S. 20
Press release from LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office Bobbitt On Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, at approximately 4:30 p.m., LaPorte County sheriff’s deputies were alerted by LaPorte County 911 of a reported...
View ArticleHudson Lake man, 70, found dead; police suspect he wandered from his home
Press release from LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office: The sheriff’s office is investigating the death of a 70-year-old man from Hudson Lake. At 9:30 a.m. CST Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, Deputy Bobby Greer...
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Hamlet man charged with dealing heroin; woman charged with narcotics possession
Press release from FAST: Kissam On Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, at approximately 4:45 p.m., members of the Fugitive Apprehension Street Team (FAST) / United States Marshal Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force)...
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MC bartender charged with striking female customer in face with bottle
Press release from Trail Creek Police: Gardner On October 29, 2017, at approximately 2:20 a.m., Deputy Marshal Nick Korepanow of the Trail Creek Police Department responded to a disturbance at...
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