LaPorte police received a call that three boys were going up and down an alleyway on F Street. Upon closer observation, the victim told police that two of the boys were riding bicycles that belonged to them. They allegedly took the bicycles from the area of the victim’s garage. It was determined that the boys had entered the unlocked garage and removed two girl’s bicycles.
LaPorte police responded to the area of Rose Street and McCollum Street where police found that William Conner, 40, had crashed and kept traveling down the roadway.
A Hamlet man was arrested early Sunday in an alleged attempted sexual assault incident in LaPorte.
The victim told police that a knock on her door woke her up. She answered the door and saw William T. McGrath, 48, of Hamlet standing there. She told police that she recently met him. McGrath allegedly asked the victim if he would stay at her home as he was too intoxicated to drive home. She allowed him to stay.
The victim told police that he was returning home from work and was walking up to his apartment when two African-American men confronted him. The two men displayed handguns. The men ordered the victim up to his apartment and once inside, the suspects stole a laptop computer, a cellphone, car keys and cash.
The suspects then left the scene in a black or silver Dodge station wagon.
If you have information regarding this crime, call the LaPorte City Police Department at (219)362-9446. You may also submit an anonymous tip by going online to www.lpcitypd.com.
The K9 is a 13-month-old German Shepherd, and while that may sound young, he has been trained as a dual-purpose police service dog. Both he and his handler, Specialist Matt Drangmeister, will under go the training course in early October and, if they both pass, will take to the streets in the fight against crime and drugs.
The LaPorte City Police Department and the Starke County Traffic Safety Partnership recently wrapped up the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign.
Officers from the Knox, North Judson and Hamlet Police Departments, plus the Starke County Sheriff’s Department wrote 63 citations, arrested six on Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated charges, and made eight other criminal arrests. Coordinator Dave Combs from the Knox City Police Department noted that officers worked 136 hours in extra patrols to keep the roadways safe from impaired drivers.
When the spammer calls, they spoof a phone number so it looks like a local call on caller ID. A message will come over the phone that alerts you about your eligibility for an alert system, an upgrade, or that someone has purchased a system for you.
Police were able to determine from which apartment the odor was originating and knocked on the door. The occupants turned down the music playing and locked the door. Officers reportedly heard people scurrying inside the apartment.
A man reportedly chased off suspects who had been attempting to steal the chrome wheel center covers off of a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado that was parked on the sales lot at Great Deals on Wheels. According to the police report, officers spoke with the witness who told them he walked into the car lot and observed a male underneath the truck and two other males taking the center cap covers off the chrome wheels. There was a fourth suspect that was hidden behind another vehicle, and he ran off when spotted by the witness.
In one incident, police responded to a home in the 1000 block of Harrison Street for an 18-year-old male who was found lying unresponsive on the bathroom floor. He was breathing and was transported by EMS to IU Health LaPorte Hospital for treatment. Various types of drug paraphernalia and evidence of prescription medication were found in the bathroom.
A LaPorte woman fell victim to an internet scam and lost nearly $2,000 in the process.
The victim told LaPorte police that she met a man on the “Zoosk” dating website who identified himself as “John Douglas Frank.” In early July, the suspect advised the victim he was moving to South Africa for a job and asked the victim for money to send his friend and she would be reimbursed. The victim sent two Paypal cards and three Western Union money orders totaling $1,985 to a “Darren Foster” in Florida.
LaPorte City Police responded to a complaint of two young girls breaking into vehicles. When they arrived at West 10th and K Streets in the area of the Roselawn apartment complex, the officers reportedly found two girls carrying large bags and one had a large amount of cash hanging out of her shirt.
Sometime between Saturday, July 27 and Monday morning, July 29, unknown suspect(s) entered The Vintage Rose in LaPorte through a rear door off the alleyway and stole a large amount of cash, two TVs, and six training DVDs for stained glass.
