Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating, after a body was discovered in Lake Michigan Tuesday afternoon. Officers say the Coast Guard recovered the body of an unidentified male just offshore from the Michigan City Lighthouse around 4:30 p.m.
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The death of a LaPorte County Jail inmate is under investigation. The Sheriff’s Office says Joel L. Ohms, 45, was found unresponsive in his cell Tuesday. Jail staff reportedly began resuscitation efforts, and LaPorte County EMS took him to Northwest Health – LaPorte. He was pronounced dead just before 7:30 a.m.
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The death of a man found in a LaPorte County pond Friday morning is now being treated as a homicide. The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office says the man, whose body was found in water south of Fish Lake, has been identified as Joseph D. Clopton, 47, of Chicago. Police say Clopton had been reported missing on December 19.
Continue readingLaPorte County Police are investigating, after a body was found in water south of Fish Lake. The Sheriff’s Office was called to the 4300 block of South County Road 800 East around 10:00 a.m. Friday
Continue readingA single-vehicle rollover crash has claimed the life of a LaPorte resident. LaPorte County Police say it happened around 8:15 Saturday night on State Road 39 near the ramps to the Indiana Toll Road. Deputies believe a 2005 Ford SUV was heading north on State Road 39, when it left the east side of the roadway, rolled several times, became upright, and traveled back onto 39, before eventually coming to a stop.
Continue readingA single-vehicle crash claimed the life of a rural LaPorte County man Saturday. Shortly after 5:00 a.m., deputies with the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office were called to County Road 400 North near County Road 850 West in Coolspring Township.
A motorcycle rider is dead, after a crash Tuesday night in rural LaPorte County. LaPorte County Police say it happened shortly before 9:00 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. 421 and County Road 800 South.
A teenager is dead after a single-vehicle crash in rural LaPorte County. LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office Deputies say they were sent to the 2600 block of North County Road 700 East just before 6:00 a.m. Saturday.
A crash on U.S. 6 west of Walkerton claimed the life of a South Bend man Thursday. LaPorte County Sheriff’s Deputies, along with fire and EMS crews, responded to the intersection of U.S. 6 and 875 East around 12:15 p.m. Continue reading
LaPorte County officials believe a heart attack is what killed a 17-year-old New Prairie High School student last month. Mark Mayfield died suddenly on January 23, after taking part in an intramural basketball game at the school. Continue reading
Students at New Prairie High School have planned a vigil tonight for a classmate who died Monday after playing basketball in the gym. Continue reading
A bicyclist was killed late Saturday night after being struck by a vehicle in LaPorte County. It happened around 11:40 p.m. on U.S. 20 just east of the Porter/LaPorte County Line, according to the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office. Continue reading
Indiana Conservation Officers have released the name of the man who drowned in Hudson Lake Sunday morning. Howard Fetterer, 71, of New Carlisle was recovered from eight feet of water about 100 feet from shore, after a one-hour search. Continue reading
One person is dead following a single-vehicle crash this morning in LaPorte County. It happened on U.S. 20 just west of Fail Road shortly after 8 a.m., according to sheriff’s department officials. Continue reading
A Koontz Lake man is dead following a snowmobile crash near Wanatah. Indiana Conservation Officers believe 41-year-old Jason Beecher was traveling at a high rate of speed when he crashed into the rear portion of a parked semi-tractor trailer, located on the Kaiser Farms property. Continue reading
A deputy coroner is accused of dealing drugs. Continue reading
A Michigan City man was pronounced dead at the scene of a car/pedestrian accident in the 9800 North block of U.S. Highway 12 early this morning.
According to an investigation by the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department, Richard Schmuhl, 83, was attempting to cross the street when he suddenly darted out in front of an oncoming passenger car. Schmuhl was struck by the driver’s side of the car. Officers found him in the highway and he was pronounced dead by an official with the LaPorte County Coroner’s Office.
New Carlisle Assistant Fire Chief Jamie Middlebrook died of blunt force trauma while battling a Tuesday night blaze at a business. The LaPorte County Coroner shared that information with our reporting partners at WNDU-TV. Continue reading
The LaPorte County Coroner’s Office and LaPorte Police Department are investigating the deaths of a 20-year-old man and 17-year-old girl at a home in the 500 Block of East Lincolnway. The man is identified as Ethan Day of LaPorte. The girl was from Dyer. Her name hasn’t been released since she was a minor at the time of her death. Day’s father found them at 6:41 p.m. Tuesday evening and called the police. No information has been released about the cause of death. According to a news release from the LaPorte Police Department, “There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to believe that there is any ongoing danger to the public as a whole.”
LaPorte County Sheriff’ Michael Mollenhauer has announced the death of an in-custody inmate at the LaPorte County Security Complex. The death occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 19th, 2011.
No details are being released pending further investigation of the incident by the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office and the LaPorte County Coroner’s Office and until notification is made to the individual’s next of kin.
