Hammond hit with another suspicious fire

HAMMOND | Hammond firefighters responded to what appears to be yet another arson in a neighborhood just west of the city's downtown Saturday morning.

Hammond fire officials asking for public's help in investigating rash of arsons

HAMMOND | Chief Fire Inspector Michael Opinker said investigators are frustrated by the lack of cooperation in the neighborhood hit by five arsons since Easter.

Hammond officials investigating fifth arson in nine days

HAMMOND | Hammond fire officials are investigating the fifth arson fire in the city in nine days and believe at least three are related.

Portage police investigate attempted vehicle arson

PORTAGE | Police are investigating an attempted arson in the 800 block of Camelot Manor that was reported Thursday morning.

Man gets 22 years in Gary arson killings

CROWN POINT | A 19-year-old Lake Station man was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years in prison for his role in the arson deaths of a Gary woman and her teenage daughter in July.

Police: Hobart man set fire to car after counterfeit money mishap

MERRILLVILLE | A 22-year-old Hobart man is accused of setting fire to a vehicle in September and recording it on his cellphone.

Lake Station man pleads guilty to arson in Gary double homicide

CROWN POINT | A 19-year-old Lake Station man pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of arson in connection with the July deaths of a Gary woman and her teenage daughter.

Portage firefighter injured in arson fire

PORTAGE | Firefighters are investigating a fire they have determined was intentionally set Wednesday evening.

Pleas of not guity in Portage arson case

VALPARAISO | Pleas of not guilty were entered Monday on behalf of an 18-year-old Portage man accused of setting fire to his neighbor's car using Molotov cocktails.

Two people suffer smoke inhalation during M'ville fire

MERRILLVILLE | A Thursday afternoon fire at a vacant apartment unit has been ruled an arson.

Vehicle arson is investigated by authorities in Merrillville

MERRILLVILLE | A Sunday vehicle fire in the 800 block of West 61st Avenue has been ruled an arson, according to the Merrillville Fire Department.

Sentencing delayed in arson case

VALPARAISO | Sentencing was postponed Friday for a New Chicago man found guilty last month of setting fire to his former girlfriend's car in Portage and intimidating her after she broke up with him.

Rejected boyfriend convicted of arson, intimidation

VALPARAISO | A Porter County jury found a New Chicago man guilty Thursday of starting a fire inside his former girlfriend's car and intimidating her after she broke up with him.

Rejected boyfriend on trial for arson

VALPARAISO | Prosecutors on Tuesday described New Chicago resident Brandon Scroggin as a controlling boyfriend who had a severe reaction when asked to leave his girlfriend's Portage home March 10.

2 Lake Station men charged in fatal fire

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson holds a new conference Thursday at Gary City Hall to announce murder charges against two Lake Station men, Trevontay Milsap, 19, and Rafael Peluyere, 20, in connection with the fire that resulted in the death of Bernice King and Angel Harris at the Lake Shore …

2 Lake Station men charged in fatal fire

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson holds a new conference Thursday at Gary City Hall to announce murder charges filed against two Lake Station men, Trevontay Milsap, 19, and Rafael Peluyere, 20, in connection with the July 25 fire that killed Bernice King and Angel Harris at the Lake Shore Dune…

2 Lake Station men charged in fatal fire

GARY | Two Lake Station men have been charged with murder, murder in the perpetration of an arson and arson in the July 25 deaths of Bernice King and Angel Harris in a fire at Lakeshore Dunes Apartments.

Merrillville car fire appears to be arson, investigators say

MERRILLVILLE | An early Wednesday vehicle fire in the 700 block of West 70th Avenue appears to have been intentionally set, according to the Merrillville Fire Department.

Police seek information in 3 suspected arsons in Cal Twp.

CALUMET TOWNSHIP | The Lake County Sheriff's Department is seeking information regarding the person or people responsible for three arsons since April.