America Today Staff 
An East Chicago man is facing misdemeanor charges after a traffic stop led officers to discover identification documents they believe to be fraudulent. According to police, officers stopped a Ford sedan around 8:33 p.m. on January 26, 2026, near the intersection of 149th Street and Euclid Avenue. The driver, later identified as 26-year-old Reyson Alexander … Read more
Jayden A. McCain, 18, of Crown Point, is facing criminal charges after Schererville Police say he exposed himself to a store employee and implied he was armed while being escorted out of a Family Dollar store. According to a probable cause affidavit, officers investigated an incident reported on January 18, 2026, at approximately 2:40 p.m. … Read more
Pierre D. Campbell, 24, of East Chicago, is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after Hammond police say he fled from officers during a traffic stop, led them on a vehicle pursuit, and then ran on foot while throwing a firearm. According to a probable cause affidavit, the incident happened on January 26, 2026, while … Read more
A Hammond man is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after a routine traffic stop in Schererville escalated into a high-speed, multi-agency pursuit that ended with a crash and a foot chase through Wicker Park. Artavius Jerome Drew, 22, was stopped by police around 9:39 p.m. on January 26 after officers observed a 2023 Mercedes … Read more
A Sycamore Township man was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in federal prison for lying to investigators during a decades-old sexual assault investigation, according to prosecutors. Frederick Tanzer, a medical doctor who has lived and practiced in Ohio, Kansas, and Colorado, pleaded guilty in September to three counts of making false statements to federal agents. … Read more
A U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of a Venezuelan national who had been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following a Jan. 13 traffic stop on Interstate 77 in West Virginia. Judge Joseph Goodwin ruled that the federal government failed to justify the detention of Antony Segundo Larrazabal-Gonzalez and … Read more
Authorities have issued arrest warrants for two men believed to be involved in a shooting that occurred Saturday at a home on Juniper Street in the Calloway Heights area of Raleigh County, according to the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office. After an extensive investigation, deputies identified the suspects as Darnell Mitchell and Christopher Shrewsbury. Both men … Read more
A South Florida mother, Cythnia Hernandez, 32, bonded out of jail Saturday night after turning herself in. She faces several charges including child neglect, failure to report child neglect, and providing a false statement to law enforcement. Hernandez’s attorney, Nicolas Torres, said the state’s case was aimed at making her a witness against her boyfriend, 34-year-old … Read more
Miami Gardens police have arrested professional boxer Gervonta Bryant “Tank” Davis, 31, in connection with a domestic violence incident from October 2025. He was taken into custody without incident on Wednesday in the Miami Design District by the department’s Special Investigations Section and the U.S. Marshals’ fugitive task force. Charges Davis now faces multiple charges: … Read more
A 27-year-old man, Javier Sanjayzar, has been arrested after hitting a pedestrian on a scooter in Little Havana and leaving the scene. He is being held at Miami‑Dade’s TGK jail and now faces both criminal charges and a possible immigration hold, as he is an undocumented immigrant. Charges and Court Hearing At a bond hearing, … Read more