A 29-year-old Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 35 years in the Indiana Department of Correction after pleading guilty in the 2023 shooting death of Jalen Hurd, according to Lake County court records. Keeon Jamarr Lee, whom investigators identified using surveillance video, vehicle records, cell-phone data, and evidence recovered from a Buick Lacrosse registered to … Read more
A Merrillville man, 25-year-old Joseph Steven Sanders, has been charged in Lake County after investigators detailed a violent incident that they say caused significant injuries during an alleged domestic battery and confinement on November 29, 2025. According to the probable cause affidavit, officers responded to a Merrillville home after receiving a report that a man … Read more
Jeffrey Raymond Crider, 20, of DeMotte, has been charged and arrested after investigators say security footage captured him breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Hebron apartment, cutting out a window screen, entering the residence, and leaving with her pet cat. According to the probable cause affidavit, police were dispatched around 11:45 AM on October 22, 2025, to … Read more
Franklin Raul Jones, 50, of Chicago, faces charges in Porter County after officers reported finding fentanyl, multiple handguns, and a stolen firearm during a November 30, 2025, traffic stop in Valparaiso, according to court documents. Around 1:40 PM, a Valparaiso officer traveling westbound on U.S. 30 saw an SUV with Missouri plates driving about ten … Read more
Joshua Westervelt, 36, is facing felony charges after police say he spent the year repeatedly stealing and selling copper wire from utility poles on Indy’s near east side. Court records from Marion County show Westervelt began small in January, selling a few pounds of stolen wire for $2 to $20. The amounts quickly escalated into … Read more
Kennedy Paige Carter, 27, of Portage, faces a felony neglect charge after police say she left her two young children home alone before being stopped for a traffic violation on November 30. According to the affidavit, officers observed a 2014 Kia Optima at U.S. 20 and County Line Road allegedly speeding, weaving, and running a … Read more
Enrique Verdecia-Cala, 35, Alien Sanchez-Mozo, 41, and Adrian Cubela-Rives, 32, face felony charges after Chesterton Police say the trio attempted to steal used cooking oil from two local restaurants and later claimed they had authorization to collect oil across Indiana, according to Porter County court documents. Police were called to Northside Diner at 100 N. … Read more
Charles William Krone, 57, of Michigan City, faces two felony child-solicitation charges after investigators say he drove to Portage to meet someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl. According to the affidavit, NWI Predator Catchers reported the incident to Portage Police on November 29, 2025, after interacting with a decoy profile posing as a 13-year-old. … Read more
A Michigan mother who publicly spoke about her newborn daughter battling a rare virus has been arrested for allegedly killing the child by repeatedly suffocating her with a bag. Irene Aiyana Whitehead, 27, was taken into custody last week and charged with first-degree murder and first-degree child abuse in the death of her daughter, Ryleigh Whitehead, … Read more
The 48-year-old customer accused of pointing a gun at a barber in Perrine is a convicted felon and a “known violent offender,” according to Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office records. Deputies identified the gunman as Darious Davis, who allegedly stormed into Square Biz on Nov. 25, shouted threats — even with children present — and assaulted the … Read more