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MERRILLVILLE — A 69-year-old Crown Point woman has been charged with felony battery after a student at Aquinas Catholic Community School alleged the substitute teacher slapped her hand during class, resulting in visible bruising. According ....

GARY — A 26-year-old Gary man is facing multiple felony charges after authorities say a woman lost her pregnancy following a violent domestic assault in the presence of four young children. According to court documents, ....

GARY — A 54-year-old Gary man is facing multiple felony drug charges following a July investigation into suspected narcotics activity. According to court documents, police investigated drug purchases involving a residence in the 1900 block ....

SCHERERVILLE — A 40-year-old Demotte man is facing a felony charge following a police investigation into alleged sexual solicitation at a massage business in Schererville. According to court documents, on March 24, 2025, the owner ....

At approximately 7 a.m. Wednesday, detectives with the Lake County Sheriff’s Department were requested to investigate an officer-involved shooting in Gary. The shooting occurred at approximately 6:40 a.m. in the 600 block of Adams Street, ....

GARY — A 31-year-old Gary man is facing felony charges following an investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Department into allegations involving a child under the age of 14. According to court documents, investigators interviewed ....

VALPARAISO — Paula L. Estes-Kidd, 52, of Valparaiso, has been charged with felony fraud and forgery after investigators with the Indiana Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit alleged she submitted false claims for in-home care ....

A Lake Station man is facing multiple felony charges after police say he crashed a car into a fence, hid inside a trash can, and fled from officers while in possession of drugs, firearms, and ....

A 28-year-old Hammond woman is facing felony charges after she was found sleeping inside a stolen vehicle in the early morning hours of July 29, 2025. Her passenger, a 38-year-old Cedar Lake man, also faces ....

An East Chicago man is facing two separate sets of drug-dealing charges after police say they recovered cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana, and cash in unrelated incidents — one of which occurred while he was already out ....