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Hammond-A 54-year-old man identified as Michael Wayne Fentress has been charged after allegedly breaking into a Hammond home and telling officers he did so to write about dinosaurs. According to the affidavit, a Hammond officer ....

Federal and state authorities announced the arrest of 223 illegal immigrants, including 146 commercial truck drivers, following a multi-agency law enforcement sweep named Operation Midway Blitz. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the announcement Thursday ....

Gary- A 38-year-old Gary man has been charged after police say he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home, assaulted her, and raped her while her children were inside the residence, according to a probable cause affidavit ....

Crown Point- A 30-year-old Gary man identified as Davonta Rufus Davis Horde has been charged with Attempted Murder following a stabbing inside the Lake County Jail. The affidavit states the incident occurred around 6:00 p.m. ....

Gary- A 64-year-old Gary woman, identified in court filings as Juliette M. Ackermann, has been charged with multiple felonies related to methamphetamine dealing and possession, according to documents filed October 28, 2025. According to court ....

LAKE COUNTY — Christian Reyes Maldonado, 23, of East Chicago, has been sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison for the March 24, 2024, shooting death of Luis Anthony Ramirez near West 145th ....

CROWN POINT - According to court documents, on October 23, 2025, at approximately 8:49 p.m., Crown Point Police were dispatched to Elizabeth Drive and East Street for a report of a reckless driver. A man, ....

Thomas Demarcus Starks of Gary has been found guilty in connection with a deadly ambush shooting that left one person dead and another seriously injured at an apartment building on Clark Road in Gary. Lake ....

Thursday morning, East Chicago Police Gang and Narcotics Division executed a State of Indiana search warrant for narcotics at 4006 Euclid Avenue, according to Chief Jose Rivera.  The target of the investigation, 26-year-old, Martel Mendoza, ....

Lake County- A Lake County jury has returned a guilty verdict against Melissa Jo Samuels in connection with a methamphetamine dealing case that began in Munster in July 2024. According to court records, Samuels was ....