Jerry Marcus Stokes, 42, of LaPorte, is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after a pursuit involving a stolen vehicle in Porter County ended with him fleeing on foot and leaving two dogs inside a rolling vehicle near interstate traffic. According to court records, the incident occurred around 11:08 p.m. on January 20, 2026, along … Read more
Mikal Naeem Morocco, 24, of Gary, is facing several felony and misdemeanor charges following a vehicle pursuit that ended in a crash while a one-year-old child was inside the vehicle. According to a probable cause affidavit filed on January 20, 2026, the incident took place on January 17, 2026, around 12:16 p.m. near Ridge Road … Read more
A federal judge sentenced a Crown Point woman to seven years in prison on January 8, 2026, after she pleaded guilty to health care fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to U.S. Attorney Adam L. Mildred. Christine Reese, 62, received an 84-month prison sentence and was ordered to pay $268,746.37 in restitution. Court records show … Read more
Two people were injured and a family dog was safely rescued after a late-night house fire Monday in Crown Point, officials with the Crown Point Fire Department said. Lake County 911 received multiple calls around 9:21 p.m. reporting a residential fire with a possible entrapment in the 100 block of North Grant Street. Police officers … Read more
A grieving man is asking for the public’s help to locate a hit-and-run driver who slammed into his vehicle and killed his fiancée on the 210 Freeway in Glendale. On Dec. 20, 2025, Eric Linares and his fiancée, Erika De La Riva, 43, were driving home from a family dinner around 1:15 a.m. While traveling … Read more
Police in the San Fernando Valley are investigating whether two break-ins reported Tuesday night are connected, including a violent home invasion in Woodland Hills that left a husband and wife terrorized. The Woodland Hills incident was reported around 11:30 p.m. in the 22700 block of Erwin Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Investigators … Read more
A 28-year-old man from San Bernardino County has been arrested after a weekend hit-and-run crash was determined to be an intentional road rage assault, authorities said Wednesday. The incident was reported around 4 p.m. Sunday in the 6800 block of Avalon Avenue in Yucca Valley, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. When deputies … Read more
New details have emerged following the arrest of an off-duty Glendale firefighter in connection with the brutal beating death of his wife, allegedly carried out with an axe. The victim, identified by family members as 55-year-old Mayra Jimenez, was remembered by friends as a “caring educator” and a union representative with United Teachers Los Angeles. A … Read more
Four members of a burglary crew have pleaded guilty for their roles in a $3 million jewelry store heist in Ventura County. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office identified the suspects, all Chilean nationals, as Heidy Nickolt Trujillo, 26; Camilo Antonio Aguliar Lara, 32; Sergio Andres Meji-Machuca, 27; and Manuel David Ibarra, 38. The group … Read more
A man was hospitalized and a woman was arrested following a shooting Monday afternoon in the Loring Park neighborhood near downtown Minneapolis, police said. Officers were called to the 1500 block of Nicollet Avenue around 3:18 p.m., where they found a man lying on the ground with what authorities described as a potentially life-threatening gunshot … Read more