Plymouth Police Department, Marshall County Sheriff’s Department, and Indiana State Police officers, along with the FBI and FBI Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team, continue to search for 11-month-old Mercedes Lain. She was reported missing to the Plymouth Police Department Sunday, August 15.
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A reward is now being offered for information leading to the location of a missing Knox woman.
According to Knox City Police Chief Harold Smith, a $2,000 reward is being offered to the person with valid information that will lead law enforcement to the whereabouts of Barbara McCurdy. McCurdy was last seen in Knox on Sunday, Jan. 14.
A significant number of vehicle thefts have been reported to the La Porte County Sheriff’s Department and police are asking for help in identifying suspects allegedly involved in the thefts.
Investigators have approximately 50 open cases of theft from vehicles and another 50 are open with other agencies in La Porte County and surrounding departments. Several cases involve forced entry. The items reported stolen were left in plain sight. Electronics, money and firearms have been taken from vehicles.
The Knox City Police Department continues to investigate the burglary at Five Star.
Police say they are looking for two male suspects who are approximately six feet tall. The vehicle used by the suspects is said to be a gold, late 1990s model Chevy Caprice with dark tinted windows. Detectives say that they have been receiving tips from the security footage that was posted on this website and are following up on the information given to them. Evidence was collected at the scene and is being analyzed by the Indiana State Police Crime Lab.
Starke County Police deputies arrested Robert Packer, 40, of Walkerton, on Monday, January 3rd, in connection with the theft of auto parts from the Grovertown Truckstop on December 31st, 2010.
Packer is being held at the Starke County Sheriff’s Department on preliminary charges of Theft, Driving While Suspended and Possession of a Syringe.
