The correctional officer killed in Sunday’s stabbing at the Indiana State Prison has been identified. Lieutenant Eugene Lasco died from his injuries, after he was attacked by an offender, according to the Indiana Department of Correction. Lasco was 57 years old, lived in LaPorte County, and had worked at the prison since 2009.
Continue reading
A stabbing at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City has left one staff member dead and another injured. The Indiana Department of Correction announced the incident in a social media post Sunday evening.
Continue reading
A 65-year-old Fish Lake man was arrested, after he allegedly stabbed and battered his 32-year-old roommate. The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home in the 300 block of Cherry Street at around 9:20 Sunday night.
Continue reading
A Knox woman was arrested Saturday, following a suspected stabbing. Knox City Police say medics were called to the 100 block of St. Louis St. Saturday morning. Medics reportedly called police when they noticed that the patient, a 58-year-old man, had been stabbed in the abdomen.
Continue reading
A woman has been arrested, after LaPorte County Police responded to an alleged stabbing early Monday. Around 2:20 a.m., sheriff’s deputies got a report of a man bleeding at the Marathon gas station at U.S. 20 and State Road 39.
Continue reading
An alleged stabbing suspect is in custody following an investigation by the Hamlet Police Department.
Continue reading
One man was arrested in an alleged stabbing incident that occurred at a Winamac home on Sunday evening.
According to Pulaski County Sheriff Jeff Richwine, Robert Rowe reportedly stabbed the male victim while the victim was laying down in a bedroom at a home in the 2500 block of N. 175 E. The pair was allegedly arguing prior to the incident. Police say the victim was stabbed with a kitchen knife and sustained lacerations to his chest and left side. He was taken to the hospital and later airlifted to another facility. The depth of the cuts is not known.
A double homicide, a stabbing, and a pursuit through a cornfield made for a busy weekend for the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office.
One man is dead after an incident at a residence in Medaryville on Tuesday afternoon.
Officers arrived at a home in the 200 block of S. Waldron in Medaryville at 12:41 p.m. after receiving a report about a stabbing and shooting there. Pulaski County Coroner John Behny says the cause and manner of death are under investigation at this time pending an autopsy and toxicology results.
Police in LaPorte are investigating an early morning stabbing that sent a 20-year-old man to the hospital. It happened in the 600 Block of Maple Avenue. Police responded at 2:43 a.m. and found the victim lying on the ground holding his abdomen. He told the police he had been stabbed several times by someone he knew. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance. The investigation is continuing.
LaPorte City Police Department officers are investigating a stabbing incident that occurred in the 900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in LaPorte. When officers arrived on scene, a 23-year-old female, a 55-year-old female and a 63-year-old female inside were all suffering from stab wounds.
