A rural LaPorte County fire station is missing some equipment following a burglary.
The incident occurred at Coolspring Township Station #2 – that’s located on Shebel Road near County Road 100 North. LaPorte County Sheriff’s investigators say the fire station is unmanned and in a remote location.
An investigation is ongoing after an incident at North Judson-San Pierre High School on Friday morning.
Police are just now releasing details about the incident after they were notified by employees of the school around 8:00 a.m. on Friday. A list of missing items is still being compiled. Continue reading →
The 23-year-old Knox man accused of burglarizing USA Café in August of 2013 was sentenced yesterday by Circuit Court Judge Kim Hall.
Michael Hoekman pleaded guilty to a single Class B felony count of Burglary as part of a plea agreement in front of a Magistrate Judge on Wednesday. The state dismissed all other charges as part of the deal. Continue reading →
Officers with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department are attempting to solve a burglary that occurred between 11 p.m. on Friday, July 25 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 26.
Some unknown suspect(s) entered an unlocked barn in the 14,000 block of 6th Road in Plymouth and removed approximately $5,000 worth of hand tools, power tools and scrap wire.
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department is asking for your help in solving a burglary incident.
A resident living in the 15000 block of Lincoln Highway reported the theft of two Poulan chainsaws from an unlocked garage on the property. The theft occurred between Wednesday, Oct. 2 and the morning of Thursday, Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. ET. The chainsaws are green with 16- to 18-inch chain bars.
If you have any information about this or any other crime, call the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department at (574) 936-3187.
LaPorte police are investigating a burglary at 1507 Ohio Street that is said to have occurred sometime between Wednesday, June 19 and Friday, June 21, when a Rossi shotgun, .380 handgun, coins and jewelry were stolen. The home was locked at the time of the burglary but police found no indications of forced entry.
If you have information regarding this crime, or any other criminal/ suspicious activity, please contact the La Porte Police Department at 362-9446, or at http://www.lpcitypd.com to submit a crime tip. You can remain anonymous while providing important information to help make your community safer. Please be as specific as you can about the activity you are reporting.
The Marshall County Police Department is investigating a burglary in the 6000 block of 15th Road in Argos that occurred Thursday afternoon. Dispatch informed officers around 5:09 p.m. that a burglary had occurred, and upon further investigation, police learned that the residence had been broken into during the middle of the day and that several electronic devices had been stolen.
The incident is still under investigation and officials are urging anyone who may have information regarding the burglary to contact the Marshall County Police Department at (574) 936-3187.
Valentine’s Day was no cause for celebration for a LaPorte woman. She returned to her home in the 1100 block of 2nd Street Thursday to find it had been burglarized. Police say someone pried the back door open and took a television set, laptop computer and a wallet. The break-in occurred sometime between 8 p.m. Wednesday and 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to call the LaPorte Police Department at 219-362-9446 or visit www.lpcitypd.com to submit a crime tip.
The LaPorte County Police Department is seeking the public’s help in solving a break-in. Someone broke into Stan’s Service Center at 212 Lincolnway sometime Thursday night. An entry door, door handle and lock lever were damaged, according to police. Officers say the west entry door appeared to have been kicked in. A handle to a north overhead door was also damaged from prying force. Police say nothing was determined missing at the time of the report. Anyone with information regarding this crime or any other criminal or suspicious activity is urged to contact the La Porte Police Department at 219-362-9446, or at www.lpcitypd.com to submit a crime tip. You can remain anonymous while providing important information to help make your community safer. Please be as specific as you can about the activity you are reporting.
A Knox man was arrested Tuesday after a burglary incident.
Officers from the Starke County Sheriff’s Department conducted a burglary investigation that occurred May 8th in the 10000 block of State Road 8 in Starke County. During the investigation, officers reportedly located stolen items on a pawn list. The officers linked the stolen items back to the victim’s son.
Two juveniles were arrested yesterday after they burglarized a home and the homeowner had wounded one of the suspects.
An officer from the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department responded to a home in the 7800 North block of County Road 175 East, or Fail Road. The homeowner said that he discovered his home was being burglarized and the suspects were still inside the home. When police arrived on scene, the victim had shot one of the suspects in the hand. The suspect was transported to IU Health LaPorte Hospital and the other juvenile suspect was transported to the LaPorte County Juvenile Justice Center. After the injured suspect was cleared from the hospital, he was taken to the Juvenile Justice Center.
The question now is who pulled the trigger in the slaying of Wilma Upsall of Leiters Ford? That’s a question investigators are trying to determine and according to some news sources, the finger is pointing at Roy Bell of Rochester.
WSBT-TV reported yesterday that court documents point to Bell as the shooter of Wilma Upsall when she was tied to a chair. She was shot multiple times. The court documents, according to the WSBT report, said one of the accused, Jason Miller, of Plymouth, told investigators that he and William Scroggs, of Delong, were outside when they heard the shots and that Bell told them later that Upsall had seen his face.
A Terre Haute man was arrested yesterday morning after police received a call of a possible burglary in the 400 block of 700 East in Knox. Officers from the Sheriff’s Department checked out the area and found four individuals in a gazebo just south of where the burglary had taken place.
An arrest has been made after Marshall County Police investigated seven daytime burglaries in the month of May.
Joshua D. Stone of Plymouth and Justin L. Whitt of North Liberty face multiple charges of Burglary, Theft and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Stone faces more than 14 charges including a more severe charge of Burglary with Causing Bodily injury. The pair allegedly stole items from seven residences north of Plymouth. Stone and Whitt are in the Marshall County jail on $100,000 cash bond. Some of the stolen property has been recovered.