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On December 17, 2025, Gary Police Chief Derrick Cannon, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Chicago Field Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher Amon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana ....

Erich Dea Boone, 49; Emanuel Alexander Pugh Jr., 27; Rommell Lavell Donald Harris, 36; Xavier Alexander Schlueb, 25; Shakur D. Brewer, 24; and Noble Gene Uylaki are facing felony charges after investigators say they each ....

At approximately 4 p.m. Sunday, December 14th police officers with the Lake County Sheriff’s Department were requested to investigate an officer-involved shooting in Gary, according to Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez. A preliminary investigation has ....

Eddy Del Socorro Amador-Gonzalez, 35, was arrested following a traffic stop in Hammond on December 12, 2025, after officers reported locating 27.8 grams of suspected heroin concealed in a magnetic box beneath his vehicle, according ....

Merrillville- Raven Simone Gaines, a 31-year-old Gary woman and former caretaker, has been charged with multiple felony counts following an investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office into allegations that a disabled adult in her ....

A Lake Station man, Eli Fabian Ramirez-Garcia, 26, is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges following a reported domestic violence investigation that court records say involved threats, a pocket knife, and an attempt to place ....

Gary- A 22-year-old Gary woman, Ariana Jewel Ganier, has been charged with felony neglect after her toddler became unresponsive and required hospitalization following the ingestion of THC gummies, according to court documents filed in Lake ....

A Chicago man, Rodney A. Buckles, 43, has been charged in Lake County after police recovered more than 80 grams of cocaine, marijuana, cash, and paraphernalia during a December 10 traffic stop in Cedar Lake. ....

Munster- A Hazel Crest, Illinois man identified as Raymond Charles Clark, 25, is charged after police say he left El Salto restaurant in Munster without paying, fled from officers at high speed, and crashed into ....

Gary- A 57-year-old Gary man, identified as Kevin Denean Hawkins, has been charged with felony theft after investigators reviewed months of alleged unauthorized purchases made with the First Baptist Church of Gary Indiana Food Pantry ....