A roundup of local crime and courts stories during the week.
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VALPARAISO — Just hours after he allegedly killed a young man and woman, Valparaiso resident Connor Kerner shared the news and details with an…
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PORTAGE — A 20-year-old Portage man accused of secretly filming girls and women in the bathroom of the auto parts store where he worked, asked…
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CROWN POINT — A New Chicago man showed up uninvited at a neighbor's party Sunday, made a woman uncomfortable, left and returned to swing an ax…
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Various Illinois and Indiana police agencies are partnering for a two-day, Region-wide blitz, starting tonight.
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PORTAGE — A 24-year-old Portage woman was taken into custody early Friday after she was discovered outside her home burning the clothes of a m…
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HOBART — Police executed a search warrant Friday morning with help from the FBI's Gary Response Investigative Team (GRIT) as part of an on-goi…
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VALPARAISO — A 33-year-old Valparaiso man found convulsing and barely conscious in his pickup truck outside a local Walmart store Thursday aft…
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A Hebron man serving 10 years in prison for fatally striking a Merrillville teenager while operating his vehicle under influence of several ty…
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Gov. Eric Holcomb on Thursday appointed Stephen E. Scheele as judge in the Lake County Superior Court.
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GARY — Police are asking for help locating a Gary man who allegedly shot the boyfriend of his son's mother June 16 outside of a Dollar Tree.
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PORTAGE — Police responding to a report of an intoxicated driver with a child Wednesday at a Subway restaurant said they found a woman falling…
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GARY — A man is accused of stabbing his brother's girlfriend in the side in an attack that left her spine fractured, police say.
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ST. JOHN — Surveillance images of a masked man who robbed a bank Monday in St. John have been released by authorities as they continue their s…
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CROWN POINT — About a month after her arrest on allegations she sexually assaulted employees at the Hobart Victoria's Secret store, a Schererv…
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GARY — Police asked for tips Wednesday about a hit-and-run crash that left a 25-year-old man dead.
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VALPARAISO — A Gary man, who struck a proposed deal to serve no more than four years of prison and/or probation after pleading guilty to a fat…
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CROWN POINT — All charges have been dropped against a Dyer man accused of posing as a police officer at Lake Central High School in September,…
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VALPARAISO — A 46-year-old woman charged with abandoning her three children in a home without running water or a working furnace is seeking vi…
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CROWN POINT — A judge on Monday dismissed one of two attempted murder counts filed against a Gary man charged in a shooting last fall that wou…
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CROWN POINT — Family members wept — and some left the courtroom —Tuesday as the man who stabbed their loved one to death last year apologized …
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CROWN POINT — A man was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for repeatedly beating an ex-girlfriend and setting fire to her new boyfrie…
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HOBART — Police are asking for help identifying three suspects who allegedly stole items worth several hundred dollars from a Target Friday an…
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VALPARAISO — A proposed plea agreement that did away with a rape charge was tabled by a judge Tuesday morning after the alleged victim in the …
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LAKE COUNTY — Throughout the month of July, the Lake County Traffic Safety Partnership will conduct "high visibility enforcement patrols," con…
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HAMMOND — A line of eight unmarked vehicles with Illinois plates sat idling in front of a Hammond residence as federal agents executed a searc…
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CROWN POINT — A man was arrested Monday in Cairo, Illinois, in connection with the shooting death of a 19-year-old man outside a Gary gas stat…
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CROWN POINT — Family and friends of a Crown Point High School student who died after a crash last month had a message Monday for police and pr…
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CROWN POINT — A Cedar Lake woman told police she noticed her 6-month-old daughter wasn't well Thursday, but went with her boyfriend to buy dru…
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CROWN POINT — A Gary mother was sentenced Monday to three years in a Community Transition Court for leaving her children unattended in a room …
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GARY — Three men were killed and two were wounded in three separate shootings during the past week in Gary, police said.
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PORTAGE — A 20-year-old employee of a Portage auto parts store faces multiple charges after two 10-year-old girls discovered a cell phone reco…
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PORTER COUNTY — Two Illinois men were arrested during a traffic stop early Monday after police say they found guns and narcotics inside the vehicle.Â
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VALPARAISO — A 39-year-old Valparaiso man with a history of sex related offenses in the Region was sentenced Monday morning to 18 years behind…
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The gunshot continues echoing in Northwest Indiana 40 years after a bullet passed through Jay Given's head, pierced through the glass door of …
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PORTAGE — Charles Puskac said he thought it strange that the purchase of a large step ladder, garden hose, a couple of heavy duty tie downs, a…
