The La Porte County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal accident that occurred Sunday, November 12 at 11:13 a.m. CT in the area of U.S. 421 and County Road 125 South.
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The La Porte County Sheriff’s Department investigated two accidents and arrested one driver on suspicion of drunk driving.
Continue readingA Wheatfield man was airlifted from the scene of an accident in the early morning hours on Saturday, July 11 on U.S. 421 near County Road 1800 South in La Porte County.
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A fundraiser to help gather funds to place Automated External Defibrillators (AED) in police patrol cars in La Porte County is set for Sunday, Sept. 8.
Continue readingA Valparaiso man died in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday night at the intersection of U.S. 6 and County Road 400 W. in rural Noble 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.
Police say a LaPorte County man drowned Saturday afternoon, in a pond in the 7100 block of West Joliet Road. The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office says Glenn F. Zeman, 61, had been out on the pond in a watercraft. But then family members who’d been there with him said they couldn’t find him. Police say the watercraft Zeman had been riding was then found capsized, and his body was pulled from the water a short time later.
A crackdown on snowmobile violations in southern LaPorte County led to two arrests Friday night. Indiana Conservation Officers, LaPorte County Police, and Westville Police saturated the area of U.S. 421 and County Road 375 South, after a group of snowmobile riders allegedly went there after fleeing from Conservation Officers around 10:30 p.m.
One person is dead following a vehicle versus bicycle crash on U.S. 421 in LaPorte County. It happened around 9:15 last night near the Purdue North Central campus in Westville, according to officials from the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department. Continue reading
A LaPorte teenager was arrested yesterday after escaping from the LaPorte County Juvenile Detention Center.
The teen escaped from the center and stole a truck in the Westville area with plans to pick up an ex-girlfriend at South Central High School. Police later located the vehicle near the school and attempted a traffic stop, but the driver fled.
