Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail

The horse had escaped from a nearby property along with some other horses, but only one of them made it to the interstate, police said. 

Christopher Trammell, 25, is charged in Atlanta with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of a felony, state police said.

Gary police Lt. Dawn Westerfield said the man was transported to the hospital by ambulance but was alert and able to speak with officers about the shooting.

Prosecutors charged Jwan Farley with armed robbery and auto theft after he allegedly pointed a gun at a woman's stomach and demanded her vehicle at a strip mall across from Southlake Mall.

He was arrested near his home on the 5600 block of Baring Avenue in East Chicago's Roxana District.

Authorities said the robberies happened later at night, advising customers to visit ATM machines during the day when possible. 

Further details from police investigations revealed that an AK-47-style rifle was discovered inside the home next to the woman's body, along with a drum magazine and several spent casings. 

Because of the man's injury and the building's structure, crews used aerial equipment to remove him from the roof.

Following the turbulent year of 2020, local police gathered to reflect on an officer lost to the pandemic and to honor those who have saved lives and served their communities. 

Malik R. Jordan was charged in Lake Criminal Court Thursday with attempted murder, battery by means of a deadly weapon, residential entry and four counts of criminal recklessness.

The vehicle crashed into the home and killed a woman inside, said Gary Police Department Cmdr. Jack Hamady.

The vehicle appeared to have entered the front of the house and exited through the side of an attached garage, crashing into nearby woods. The circumstances of the crash are under investigation.

The motorcycle driver was last known to be in critical condition. 

Police said they believe the man lives nearby the Dairy Belle he burglarized. 

A 29-year-old Hammond man was arrested Sunday after allegedly striking two vehicles while fleeing Griffith police.

The Lake County coroner's office is asking the public to help it find immediate family members or relatives of a recently deceased man tentatively identified as Ivan McKay.

Police said the stabbing victim was transported to a Region hospital by the Schererville Fire Department. His condition was unknown.

Montel Ray Brooks, 28, was sentenced in December to 65 years in prison for killing 25-year-old Louis Watson on Jan. 5, 2018.

Police were unable to locate the suspects of a shooting that left three people injured Monday morning after a chase. 

Christopher Meyers' attorneys are asking an appeals court to hear a civil suit stemming from an altercation with Randy Palmateer in 2018. The case was previously dismissed on grounds it had grown stale.

A federal grand jury named the two defendants in a new, superseding indictment late last month, alleging they killed bank security guard Richard Castellana on June 11 during a holdup of the First Midwest Bank.

Court records and statements from family have revealed how a Hammond man with a master’s degree who works as a teacher’s aide became ensnared in a federal homicide investigation.

Police said the driver intentionally struck the squad car in an attempt to flee from officers. 

Deputies allegedly found more than 14 grams of methamphetamine, two grams of marijuana, an unknown amount of what is suspected to be LSD, drug paraphernalia and “products associated in dealing illegal drugs.” 

The 29-year-old Hammond man has been ordered to be supervised by pretrial services.

Josue Anaya, 26, was fitted with a GPS-equipped ankle bracelet and must pay for ICU Monitoring's services while he awaits trial, Lake Criminal Court records show.

Defendant Arvell Greer recently gave a statement to law enforcement that further implicates co-defendant Ronald W. Robinson in the homicide of a 53-year-old Schererville man Jan. 28 in Hammond, attorney Michael A. Campbell said.

Anthony Miller, 25, is accused of stabbing a man 10 times in the chest, head, thigh and arm.

The victim told police that someone stole his vehicle from the gas station parking lot while he was inside the store.

The remains ended up in the University of Indianapolis Human Identification Center to be examined further.

Police found the driver walking away from the scene, leaving the injured salesman and burning vehicle behind. 

John E. Yonan's attorney, Ben Murphy, said the allegations were false and Yonan passed a polygraph test.

The 2020 Officer of the Year Award was given to Detective Mark Ashcraft, who has served the Munster Police Department for 10 years. 

The suspect was described as a white man who is about 5 feet, 8 inches tall and is heavyset. 

In a letter read by a deputy prosecutor, Officer Martin Garza wrote he's patrolled Gary's streets for 15 years but has never seen anything as careless and vicious as Fredrick Craft Jr.'s actions that night.

LeDarien Devontae Deshon Gregory, 29, is charged with kidnapping while hijacking a vehicle, kidnapping with serious bodily injury, auto theft, identity deception and operating a vehicle without a license.

Takaylah Tribitt, 14, was with a gunshot wound to her head in 2019. She had been sexually assaulted, her hands were bound behind her back and a cord was wrapped around her neck.

“If your intentions are to come here and to take advantage of people and commit a crime then you’re in the wrong city. Because we’re going to come after you," Deputy Police Chief Jose Rivera said.

A Gary man sentenced in December to 30 years in prison for raping an 8-year-old girl is not entitled to a new trial, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled.

Darren "Duke" Taylor, 41, of Hammond, is accused of fatally shooting Temia Haywood, 35, and her 13-year-old son, Lavell Edmond, on March 23, 2019, at Haywood's home in Gary.

The body was discovered just before 7 p.m. Sunday in an alley near 10th Avenue and Taft Street, police said.

The Chicago Police Department said the woman was parked in the 13300 block of South Baltimore Avenue around 4:25 a.m. when two men approached her vehicle and began firing.

Amanda Swickard, 23, of Merrillville, was pronounced dead after officers were directed to a body face-down in the alley near 10th Avenue and Taft Street in Gary Sunday.

Witnesses reported an armed white or Hispanic man robbed the First Savings Bank at 7048 Kennedy Ave. a little after 10 a.m., according to police.

LeDarien Devontae Deshon Gregory, 29, of Hammond, held the salesman hostage while driving a 2009 Kia Borrego at speeds of up to 125 mph and crashed into a semitrailer, police said.

An 18-year-old driver and her 26-year-old passenger, both from Gary, were shot a little before 6 p.m. Sunday when witnesses reported a dark-colored vehicle approached and someone inside opened fire, police said.

HAMMOND — A Hammond man now faces prison for running a child pornography ring out of his family’s apartment.

A deputy prosecutor told jurors that evidence would match testimony from a co-defendant, who agreed to testify against Darren Taylor in exchange for a more lenient sentence. A defense attorney said prosecutors "made a deal with the devil."

The state filed a motion to dismiss charges against security workers Adam L. Wood, 22, of South Haven, and Michael R. Almada, 24, of Portage, "in the interest of justice."

Taylor's attorney, Angela Jones, filed a petition to let bail Friday in his murder case. Lake County Deputy Prosecutor Jacob Brandewie answered Taylor's request with a petition to revoke his bond in his six earlier cases, including five alleged robberies and an alleged burglary.

Angel Fuentes was charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and residential burglary.

Hugh Scott Jr., 36, is accused of hitting 39-year-old Davita Ward and knocking out her tooth and killing her. His attorney asked a judge to separate the murder and arson counts from the battery charges.

Police said the car was traveling well below the posted speed limit and that it came to an abrupt stop at an intersection where no stop was required.

Garrett Lecyk was arrested at the Hard Rock Casino after a Hammond bank was robbed Monday morning, police said.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department has released surveillance photos of two men believed to be responsible for shooting and killing a 70-y…

A Chevrolet Traverse was heading south on I-57 near 159th Street, when the driver lost control of the vehicle for unknown reasons.

Attorneys for James E. McGhee want the court to suppress cellphone records the FBI obtained in a warrantless search, because they say the FBI violated McGhee's right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. McGhee is charged with murder in the disappearance of 27-year-old Sidne-Nichole Buchanan in July 2019.

The fire chief commended the efforts of the firefighters, who worked together to quell the flames from spreading to nearby mobile homes. 

Noah Kenyage Jackson, 23, is accused of unloading multiple rounds at another vehicle as they both drove down Central Avenue in Lake Station at around 12:45 a.m. on May 23.

Hammond police were alerted to the presence of the stolen vehicle by the city's license plate readers early Tuesday morning.

The witness, who hunched over and looked down for much of his time on the witness stand, said he was shocked when Darren "Duke" Taylor shot 35-year-old Temia Haywood inside her Gary home, ran upstairs holding a gun and fired another shot after a boy yelled, "No!"

After an argument earlier in the day, the suspect yelled for a 27-year-old man to come out of his apartment and shot him when he opened the door, according to police.