A second suspect in a 2019 double homicide case in Porter County was arrested on Saturday, May 23 and booked into the Porter County Jail.
Continue readingBourbon Teen Charged in 2019 Double Homicide Incident in Porter County
Porter County Crash Claims Life of Knox Man
An overnight accident on I-94 eastbound near the Burns Harbor/Porter exit ramp in Porter County claimed the life of a Knox man on Friday.
Continue readingCharges Expected Today Against Carjacking Suspect
Starke County Prosecutor Nicholas Bourff hopes to file formal charges today against the Knox man accused of stealing two cars and leading police on a high speed chase Friday afternoon. Police say Gary Chavez, 57, of Knox, commandeered the first car in the Mark Bailey’s Discount Center parking lot at 3:41 p.m. He switched vehicles in English Lake, according to authorities, and left the owner of the first stolen car behind when he took a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Continue reading
Porter County Prosecutor Files Charge Against Chavez
The first of several charges has been filed against the Knox man police say stole two cars in Starke County Friday afternoon, led police on a high-speed chase, stole a third vehicle in Porter County and shot himself after officers in Lake County used stop sticks to flatten the tires of the truck he was driving. Gary Chavez, 57, is still in critical condition at Christ Advocate Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill. Continue reading
Wanatah Woman Jailed on 20 Counts of Child Molestation
A Wanatah woman was arrested Thursday on 20 Class B Felony counts of Child Molestation.
An ongoing criminal investigation by the Indiana State Police found that Tara Tryon, 21, allegedly molested a three-year-old child. The Indiana State Department of Child Services and the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department reportedly received this information which initiated the investigation.
