LaPorte Resident Arrested after Police Pursuit through LaPorte County and into Michigan

Mugshot of Johnson from a prior arrest in June of 2019. (photo provided by LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office)

A LaPorte resident was arrested, after a police pursuit through LaPorte County and into Michigan Thursday. The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office says Michigan City Police pulled over a vehicle driven by Lavidika S. Johnson, 34, around 2:15 Thursday morning.

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Wanted Man Arrested after Allegedly Resisting, Intimidating Officers

Bernard Shaw
Bernard Shaw

A man wanted on several felony and misdemeanor charges was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon, but he didn’t go willingly.

Officers active in the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office Warrants Division arrived at a home in the 10,000 West block of Division Road near Westville in search of 47-year-old Bernard Shaw. He was wanted on 11 outstanding warrants on various charges including domestic battery, failure to return to lawful detention, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and intimidation.

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