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CRIME & SAFETY
WL man faces drug, gun charges after police called to local park
A 29-year-old local man faces three criminal charges after police responded to a call of an occupied vehicle in Happy Hollow Park after it was closed for the night. In the early morning hours Wednesday, police made contact with four people in the vehicle. As a result of the investigation, Dakota Lee Fields, of 506 Trace 5, West Lafayette, was charged with one felony, unlawful carrying of a handgun, and two misdemeanors, possession of paraphernalia and possession of marijuana, according to documents filed by the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office on July 17.
2 shooting incidents reported early Thursday in Lafayette
LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― Cole Hoinaes is sporting two new gunshot wounds on his right arm Thursday after he mishandled a pistol, according to Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office. Hoinaes, 20, was inside his garage about 2:45 a.m. Thursday in the 3900 block of Chenango Place in West Lafayette when he dropped his sidearm, according to police. He reached to catch the gun, and his finger got stuck in the trigger guard, causing the trigger to be pulled, according to police.
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