Sweetwater police arrested 24-year-old Luis Merchan-Meron at Dolphin Mall on two felony counts related to the sale of counterfeit merchandise, authorities announced Friday. Investigators reportedly seized more than 150 counterfeit items worth thousands of dollars from the back of his truck. Court documents indicate that an undercover officer observed a transaction in the mall parking … Read more
MARSHALL COUNTY, Ind. — The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department reports a multi-vehicle crash on US 31 at mile-marker 230 Wednesday morning involving an oversize trailer. A 26-year-old Rochester man driving a Chevy Impala was traveling south when traffic slowed due to a vehicle being recovered by a wrecker. The Impala rear-ended a 2013 GMC pickup … Read more
Mishawaka Police responded Thursday afternoon to a reported stabbing at an apartment in Hickory Village, shortly after 4 p.m. Officers found a man with a minor stab wound to the upper left arm. According to the victim, his girlfriend stabbed him with an unknown object during an argument before fleeing the scene. Police are continuing … Read more
A Portage woman, Angelia Nicole Cross (48), has been sentenced to 20 years in the Indiana Department of Correction after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit murder in connection with the April 30, 2024, killing of Kylin Stovall-Bursey in Gary, according to Lake Superior Court records. Cross appeared in Lake Superior Court, Criminal Division 4, … Read more
Two Chicago men, Jonheym Jonathan Andrews (23) and Steve E. Mitchell (23), face multiple felony charges after allegedly stealing merchandise from a Kohl’s in Merrillville, Indiana, and fleeing police in a dangerous interstate pursuit, according to Lake County authorities. Police say Andrews, driving a blue Kia sedan, and Mitchell, his front-seat passenger, ran from the … Read more
Senators Ashley Moody (R-FL) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced legislation aiming to criminalize the public release of federal law enforcement officers’ names when done to obstruct investigations. The “Protecting Law Enforcement from Doxxing Act” would amend federal criminal code to make “doxxing”—intentionally revealing an officer’s identity to hinder criminal or immigration enforcement—a felony. Violators could … Read more
n Ocala woman faces up to 20 years in federal prison after admitting she robbed a Marion County bank last spring — a crime solved within minutes thanks to a hidden GPS tracker. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced that 40-year-old Christina Gates Thagard pleaded guilty to bank robbery. According to court filings, Thagard walked … Read more
A casual greeting and hug inside a Williams County courtroom became the focus of a North Dakota Supreme Court appeal this week. The high court has upheld the conviction of Joshua Brock Martinez, ruling that the trial judge acted properly when he removed a juror who appeared overly friendly with the defendant’s family. Martinez was … Read more
A 17-year-old Jacksonville teen is facing murder charges after police say he fatally stabbed his father during a violent altercation Tuesday night. Deputies with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office District 4 responded to a home on Wheeler Avenue, near Blanding Boulevard, just before 7 p.m. after receiving reports of a stabbing. When officers entered the home, … Read more
The Indiana State Police say they are investigating a crash between an Amish buggy and a motor vehicle that happened around 3 p.m. Wednesday on US 20 near C.R. 1000 West. Police say their preliminary investigation showed the horse-drawn buggy, carrying 75-year-old Marvin and 74-year-old Ruby Shrock of Shipshewana, was traveling east along the shoulder … Read more