Police in LaPorte are investigating reports of a woman who tried to fill several fraudulent written prescriptions for controlled substances at pharmacies around the city on Saturday. Continue reading
LaPorte Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested
Authorities in LaPorte have made an arrest in connection with Sunday’s armed robbery at Mae’s Mart on Monroe Street. Continue reading
LaPorte Police Investigating Armed Robbery
LaPorte Police are investigating an armed robbery. It occurred just before 10 p.m. Sunday at Mae’s Mart at 3204 Monroe Street. Continue reading
LaPorte Woman Gets Taken By Internet Scammer
A LaPorte woman is out $1,000 after responding to a bogus Craigslist ad. The Oct. 1 posting advertised a Jeep Grand Cherokee for sale. The victim told LaPorte Police she contacted the seller, who said his name was Frank Carter and he told her he was listing the vehicle for his sister. Continue reading
Counterfeit $100 Bills Reported at Several LaPorte Businesses
Counterfeit $100 bills have been passed recently at several LaPorte businesses, according to police. A clerk at the Family Dollar on east Lincolnway told officers a black woman presented a $100 bill for a small purchase of items between 8:30 and 9 p.m. last Thursday night. The next day the bank notified the business the bill was counterfeit. Continue reading
Vehicle Owner Holds Break-in Suspect at Gunpoint, Calls Cops
A 17-year-old who was reportedly breaking into cars in downtown LaPorte may think twice before doing so again after being held at gunpoint by the owner of one of the vehicles. Continue reading
LaPorte Police Department Announces Click It or Ticket Results
Officers from the LaPorte Police Department wrote 141 tickets for lack of seatbelt usage and 10 for lack of child restraint usage during a recent Click It or Ticket campaign. The 17-day enforcement period wrapped up over the weekend. LaPorte Police wrote a total of 197 citations and issued 118 warnings for things like texting, motorcycle license violations, driving while suspended, no driver’s license, speeding and other traffic violations. Officers also made two drunk driving arrests, according to a news release. Continue reading
Click It or Ticket Enforcement Blitz Starts Today
Police officers across the country and close to home will be on the lookout for drivers and passengers who aren’t buckled up. The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department, LaPorte Police Department and Indiana State Police are among the agencies taking part in the Click It or Ticket enforcement blitz that starts today. Continue reading
Alligator Spotted in LaPorte Park
A LaPorte man reportedly saw an alligator in a body of water there. He told police he was fishing of a pier at Kiwanis/Teledyne Park when he saw a head with two eyes sticking up above the water. Continue reading
LaPorte Pursuit Ends in Michigan With Rollover Wreck, Arrest
A high-speed pursuit that started in LaPorte County just after 9 last night ended near New Buffalo, Mich. when the suspect rolled his SUV. A LaPorte City Police Officer tried to stop a Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by a suspected traffic violator on the downtown overpass. A LaPorte County Sheriff’s Deputy joined the pursuit as the motorist fled north on Pine Lake Avenue and eventually north onto State Road 39 past the city limits. Continue reading
LaPorte Police to Conduct Patrols
The LaPorte Police Department will participate in an effort to reduce aggressive and dangerous driving.
Officers will be working 80 hours in an Operation Pull Over event that begins today and ends March 28. The purpose of the added hours of patrols is to reduce crashes and injuries by encouraging safe driving behavior by motorists driving on the streets.
LaPorte Police Crack Down on Seatbelt Use
Click it or ticket. That’s the message LaPorte Police sent to motorists during a recent Operation Pull Over-funded enforcement blitz. They wrote 51 seat belt and three car seat violation citations during a mid-February campaign. During the past 11 days the LaPorte Police Department responded to 46 property damage and five personal injury crashes, affecting a total of nine people. Of the personal injury crashes, two occupants were not restrained, and two were injured. Continue reading
Counterfeit $10 Bill Turns Up at LaPorte Walmart
A counterfeit $10 bill was apparently passed at the LaPorte Walmart earlier this week. Continue reading
LaPorte Police Arrest Armed Robbery Suspect
Authorities in LaPorte have arrested a man accused of robbing the Family Express on Pine Lake Road Thursday afternoon. Jacob Borders, 35, came into the store around 2:30 p.m., demanded money from the clerk and threatened to shoot her if she didn’t comply, according to a police department news release. She gave him money, and he fled in a tan Ford Explorer. Occupants of that vehicle flagged down officers en route to the call and told them they gave the suspect a ride to Family Express so he could use the ATM. They say Borders got back into the truck, told them he had just robbed the store and they needed to hurry. They told the police they ordered him out of the vehicle and said they believed he went into a home in the 400 block of Pine Lake Avenue. Continue reading
Customer Turns on Drug Dealer
A teenage drug dealer has been released to the custody of his mother after being robbed and dropped off in a remote area. Continue reading
Authorities Upgrade Charges Against LaPorte Man
A LaPorte man now faces an attempted rape charge in connection with a Monday morning incident. Police there were called to a home in the 600 block of Jefferson Avenue at 1:45 a.m. Witnesses told officers they heard a disturbance coming from a bedroom.
Winamac Man Faces Panhandling Charges in LaPorte County
A Winamac man police say asked several Walmart patrons for gas money faces panhandling charges in LaPorte County. Officers responded to a report of suspicious behavior at the store on Boyd Boulevard in LaPorte around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Several patrons described the suspect as a tall, white man with tattoos on his hands. He was said to be with a teal Dodge Neon with a heavyset white woman with red hair in the passenger seat. Continue reading
LaPorte Teens Charged in Bar Break-In
Felony burglary charges have been filed against four LaPorte teenagers in connection with a recent break-in at a bar. LaPorte Police responded to a report of two men trying to kick in the rear door of Shooter’s Bar at 201 Washington Street at 4 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 21. Continue reading
Driver Cited for Disregarding School Bus Stop Arm
A LaPorte man was cited after disregarding an activated school bus stop arm.
The incident occurred just after 3:30 p.m. CT on Friday, Nov. 14 when Joseph Dennis, 29, drove around a school bus in the 400 block of Pine Lake Avenue when the stop arms were extended.
Police later learned that Dennis had a suspended driver’s license, according to a news release. Dennis was given a summons to appear in court on the charge of driving while suspended as a Class A misdemeanor and reckless driving as a Class B misdemeanor.
Inmate Arrested After Failing to Return From Work Release
A LaPorte County Jail inmate faces new charges after police there say he did not return from work release. They found Jesus Temores-Casillas, 33, of LaPorte, at a home in the 400 block of Lawrence Street there and say he refused to leave. He was arrested on a warrant for the Level 6 felony offense of escape. Temores-Casillas also faces a misdemeanor charge of invasion of privacy for violating an active protective order keeping him from being at the residence and having contact with his wife.
