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Kentrel Jamon Leggitt, 28, of Chicago has been charged in Lake County following a June 24, 2025, incident involving a stolen vehicle and the recovery of multiple firearms, including a modified machine gun. According to ....

Cornelius Vacoue Rahkym Stacey, 35, of Michigan City, has been charged following a June 24, 2025, incident in Gary where a vehicle was allegedly taken with another individual still inside. According to court documents, officers ....

Walter Tykise Adams, 31, has been charged in Lake County with multiple felonies after police say he battered a restaurant worker, pulled a firearm, and fled the scene before being arrested with drugs and a ....

On June 25, 2025, at 10:02 p.m., the Gary Police Department was dispatched to the intersection of U.S. Route 20 and Utah Street, in Gary in response to a vehicular accident involving a train at ....

Charles Henry Merriweather, 34, of Hammond, has been charged with sexual battery and criminal trespass following a June 23, 2025, incident at the Hammond Public Library. According to court documents, Hammond police were dispatched to ....

June Ellen Coppage of Cedar Lake has been charged with multiple offenses after allegedly violating a no contact order and physically assaulting a neighbor on June 22, 2025. According to court documents, Cedar Lake police ....

At approximately 10 PM, Tuesday, Hammond Fire Department responded to the report of an explosion at 2501 165th at Silgan Containers. (Video of the fire) Arriving units encountered heavy fire on the outside of the ....

Gerardo Mendoza, 36, of Crown Point, has been charged with three counts of child molesting following a Lake County Sheriff’s Department investigation into alleged incidents that occurred between September 2015 and July 2016. According to ....

Terrence Hodges of Hammond has been charged with possessing a machine gun and resisting law enforcement following an early morning encounter with Hammond Police near a gated business. According to court documents, at approximately 4:02 ....

On Monday June 23,, 2025, at approximately 4:00am, Highland Police were dispatched to the 8000 block of Kennedy Avenue for a report of a vehicle vs Nipsco pole crash. On arrival, officers found that a ....