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Indiana woman accused of killing 10-year-old foster son by sitting on him arrested in Michigan
An Indiana foster mother has been charged in a warrant with reckless homicide for allegedly sitting on her young foster son, causing his death. She was arrested in Michigan last Saturday.
Police Shut Down One Man Fentanyl Factory
(Michigan City, IN) - It wasn't candy a Michigan City man was making and selling like jelly beans. It was fentanyl Tyler Wood allegedly pressed into pills and sold in what could be described as family sized bags. Tyler Wood, 22, is charged in La Porte Superior Court 1 with...
Social Media Bites Drug Dealing Gunman
(Michigan City, IN) - A man charged with a gun related crime in Michigan City shot himself in the foot, so to speak, by his self-incriminating posts on social media. Police said the 22 year old man posted on his social media page images of himself holding a gun he was prohibited from having due to a prior felony firearms conviction in the Chicago area.
Lake County, IN: SWAT Team Safely Resolves Armed Standoff
East Chicago, IN – On Thursday morning, East Chicago police were dispatched to 4105 Walsh Avenue to serve emergency detention order paperwork on an individual. Upon arrival, officers observed the individual pointing a firearm at their head through the front window of the residence. Officers immediately surrounded the residence...
Chicago man gets six years for selling guns in Michigan City
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- After pleading guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, 42-year-old Allory Smith was sentenced to six years in prison followed by two years of supervised release earlier this week. According to documents in the case, in January 2023, Smith sold a rifle,...
Gary Police Department receives Community Project Funding
The Gary Police Department recently received $264,000 in funding that will help the department purchase cameras that read license plates. The post Gary Police Department receives Community Project Funding appeared first on Northwest Indiana Business Magazine.
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