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Three men have been charged in connection with a June 24, 2025, burglary in Gary, Indiana, where thousands of dollars in construction materials and a central air unit were reported stolen from two residential properties ....

A man claiming to own a Winfield home under “Divine Law” was arrested Tuesday after police found him allegedly squatting in the property, resisting officers, and in possession of multiple firearms and nearly a pound ....

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 ....