William P. Maitland, 41, was charged with 16 felony counts and two misdemeanors linked to the alleged attack Sunday into Monday at a Hammond residence.
Federal authorities filed armed robbery charges against an Illinois man wounded during a recent service station holdup.
The homicide occurred Saturday near Hohman Avenue and 142nd Street in Hammond, police said.
A Griffith man was killed after hitting a semi-tractor while driving the wrong way on Indiana Toll Road Friday evening.
Two semi-trucks collided on Interstate 80/94 at the westbound Kennedy Avenue exit after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
A demolition fence has gone up around 226-bed Franciscan Health Hammond Hospital at 5454 Hohman Ave. in downtown Hammond.
The defendant, who was convicted in July of being a felon in possession of a firearm during a traffic stop last fall, is still facing charges in connection with a shooting in Hammond in 2020.
Three lanes were blocked on I-80/94 near Kennedy Avenue because of a crash involving at least six passenger vehicles and one semi-trailer.
“I want to put everybody on notice, that not only will you potentially face civil reckless felony charges but also civil penalties and money judgments."
The trooper was able to free himself and has been released from the hospital.Â
Jurors deliberated for about eight hours Wednesday before Judge Salvador Vasquez released them for the night.Â
The man told police he turned around as a car window was rolled down, saw a driver he didn't recognize pointing a gun at him and attempted to run away as he was shot four times.
The couple stood trial this week on various charges linked to a shooting July 4, 2019, in Hammond that killed an 18-year-old man and wounded a teen driver.
Davon N. Jones, of Hammond, is accused to fatally shooting Amarion W. Holmes, 20, in the head as Holmes sat in his white Hyundai sedan April 9 in a Hammond alley.
The girl told police she met the defendant in 2020 over her Oculus virtual reality headset and began communicating with him through the device, the Discord instant messaging platform and Gmail.
The defendant was wanted on charged linked to the June 18 homicide of Antonio Mora, 35, in the 4300 block of Hickory Avenue in Hammond, authorities said.
Construction has begun on the Rimbach Street realignment and the Hohman Avenue redesign.Â
Under the new ordinance, discharging a firearm of any kind in Hammond constitutes a civil nuisance, allowing the city to take civil action against the offender.
The name of the motorist was not immediately available. It's also not known if alcohol or other intoxicants were a factor in the crash.
The proposed legislation would make it unlawful to fire a gun in the city.Â
"What you did was horrible, without even talking about the burglary case," a judge said. "I just think that what you did in this rape case is absolutely pathetic. How can you live with yourself?"
Hammond Fire Department Chief Fire Inspector Dan Misiak called the last three days "chaotic" as crews rushed from scene to scene.Â
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There will be 10 scholarships offered per year for students who are interested in participating in the "Transition to Teaching" program.
"This is going to be the largest new subdivision in Hammond in decades."
Lydia T. Conley, 39, was convicted earlier this month of murder in the Oct. 27, 2019, homicide of 40-year-old Delilah Martinez in Hammond.
"We honor jury verdicts," the judge told James H. Higgason III. "As I sit here today, you got a fair trial and you got a proper trial."
Anyone with information about the teen is asked to contact the Hammond Police Department Juvenile Division at 219-852-2906.
The 35-year-old man was found shot to death outside his Hammond home, officials said.
"They are open to making a move if we could find a place for them."
Country music star Darius Rucker, the former frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish, will replace Toby Keith at the Festival of the Lakes in Hammond as the singer-songwriter battles cancer.