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CRIME & SAFETY
Mother in Crash with Kids Charged
(La Porte, IN) - Criminal charges are now stemming from a violent single vehicle crash involving a mother and her three children in La Porte County. Crystal Singleton, 39, is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with operating while intoxicated and two counts of neglect of a dependent. According to...
La Porte County, IN – Fatal Car Accident in Union Mills: 65-Year-Old Driver Dies on Scene
Union Mills, IN – A fatal single-vehicle crash occurred yesterday on CR 300 North, resulting in the death of a Union Mills resident. The accident took place at 11:54 a.m., west of Johnson Road. According to deputies, a red 2010 Ford Explorer driven by 65-year-old Gregory W. Crites veered...
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...
One Dead in Accident Near Johnson Road
(La Porte County, IN) - A Union Mills man died in a single vehicle crash Friday. Shortly before noon, first responders were called to CR 300 North, west of Johnson Road. Police say a westbound 2010 Ford Explorer crossed the center line and the eastbound lane, striking a tree on the south side of the road and overturning.
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.
UPDATE: 29-year-old motorcyclist identified in deadly crash with semi-truck
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- UPDATE: The St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office reports on Wednesday, around 6:36 p.m., officers responded to a crash involving an Amazon tractor semi-trailer and a motorcycle at S.R. 2 at Chapel Lane in South Bend. Police arrived to find the motorcyclist, identified as 29-year-old Tyler Lee...
Woman dead after SUV crashes into train
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- The St. Joseph County Police department reports just before midnight on Wednesday, police were dispatched to a railroad crossing at Ash Road, off Lincolnway in Osceola, for a crash between a vehicle and train. Authorities say preliminary evidence suggests an SUV crashed through the lowered...
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,...
Woman charged with felony resisting law enforcement
The St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a woman with felony resisting law enforcement after they say she led Mishawaka Police on a chase. Officers were called to Kohl’s on Grape Road, earlier this month, about a group of shoplifters. Authorities say Shykeena Smith, 24, took off...
Former golf touring pro headed to prison for stealing from employer
A Mishawaka native and former professional golfer has been sentenced to a year in prison for embezzling from her employer. Longtime Michiana residents might remember following the LPGA career of Robin Hood in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. After excelling at Penn High School and earning All-American honors three years at Oklahoma State University, Hood competed in 226 tour events, winning $189,000.
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