Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Porter County Jail

During this time, individuals should refrain from going into Lake Michigan. 

During the Trooper-in-a-Truck effort, officers will be looking out for violations while trucks drive selected routes, police said.

The former boyfriend contacted police shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday and played an audio message of Loar threatening to "put a bullet in his head", according to the incident report.

Portage police said they responded around 12:30 a.m. Sunday to a noise complaint at the hotel at 6200 U.S. 20 and found a room occupied by a large group of young people and a portable table being used for the drinking game Beer Pong.

George Batey's voice is then no longer heard on the recording, and Michael Bachar asks the witness, "Is he dead?"

Indiana State Police reported no injuries and said the crash did not involve any other vehicles.

Stephanie Saucedo said, "I hope I can forgive you one day. I can't right now."

She told police she held her arm out motioning for him to stop and then turned her back on him with her arms still extended when he did stop. But Gary Neeley then began honking his horn and yelled out his window, "Move, I have (expletive) to do."

Porter County Sheriff Dave Reynolds later said that it was unusual to have to send a county inmate with mental health problems to the Indiana Department of Correction while his case proceeds.

Manuel Nardini is accused of placing the child in a chokehold long enough that the child lost control of bodily functions, according to the charges. 

Nathan Furlong began lunging around in the police car on the way to jail and at one point asked the officer, "Are you scared I'm coming into the front seat?" according to the report.

The judge told Nardini while he appreciates his service to the country in the military, he feels Nardini poses a continued threat to the two most recent alleged victims.

The issue came to light recently when a family filed a lawsuit against Chesterton High School volunteer wrestling coach Keith Davison, as well as the entire Duneland School Corp., seeking $1 million.

“There is no doubt that a working smoke alarm helped prevent a terrible incident from becoming a tragic loss of life," said Valparaiso Fire Department Chief Chad Dutz.

"At the doors the male took out a lighter from his pocket and began lighting the keypad on fire," police said.

Defense attorney John Cantrell agreed that it was worth the effort to explore alternatives before scheduling another four weeks to retry the case.

The woman said she was at a nearby brewery and officers learned the pole she struck was nearly completely severed and leaning over the roadway.

The boy faces a charge of operating a vehicle while never receiving a license, police said.

Montre Metcalf and others headed back on foot and planned to wait until the two men from the other vehicle were clear of the house because of the child inside, but grew impatient and shot multiple times.

Police said they obtained a recording of a call Matthew Castro made from jail in which he said "he thought he beat Michael Overton up and the next thing he knew, the police were at his residence."

Firefighters from several agencies worked at the scene for more than two hours to extinguish the flames. 

A 26-year-old Chesterton man faces a public intoxication charge after allegedly trying to enter a passing vehicle and then following the vehicle's occupants back to their home, police said.

“This is a huge credit to our jail staff for their diligence during the intake process and affirmation that the body scanner is a lifesaving tool," Porter County Sheriff Dave Reynolds said.

After crashing into the squad car, the suspect was seen ingesting pills in his locked car before police broke out the window to make the arrest. 

Police said solving a recent hit-and-run crash was as easy as following a trail of liquids left behind by the damaged vehicle.

The man did not resurface and multiple agencies responded to initiate a search.

Porter police said they later received word the stolen vehicle had been located in Knox.

The man said he threw some of the cash on the ground and fled while Kyle Josway collected the money, police said. Josway then reportedly threatened to shoot the man and witnesses.

She said Scott Plaster told her she is in the wrong country due to her ethnicity and began following her and continued yelling at her until she approached a fair employee for help.

Authorities found the man, who was cooperative with officers and was found to be legally carrying his firearm. No threats of any kind were made.