Crime News | Munster, IN (2024)

Joshua Hughes, 20, returned fire outside his 2022 high school graduation ceremony. He will serve 12 months on home detention and six months on probation.

"We are thrilled to serve you from our new, state-of-the-art facility," the department said.

"Using their training and faith, they performed life-saving measures and, by God’s grace, brought that precious child back to life," according to the fire department.

Rayshawn Ransom, 35, of Merrillville, is accused of inappropriately touching a 17-year-old girl and forcing her to perform oral sex on him earlier this year.

Robert K. Williams, 52, forced a 48-year-old woman with an intellectual disability to have sex with him, court document allege.

Here are recent bookings into the LaPorte County Jail.

The Lake County Sheriff's Department will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint during Labor Day weekend in Crown Point.

"What you have is an unrelenting lifestyle of juvenile crime ... with no intention of ceasing that into adult life," a prosecutor said about Kriston Barbee Jr.

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The accused allegedly goes on to voice concern about the legal impact of having sexual contact with a child, saying, "It's frowned upon in the US to date some one your age. Other countries don't mind."

He then pointed an AK-style rifle at the Darion Anderson, which sent Anderson into "fight or flight mode," according to police.

"She (witness) stated Sandra had barely been able to hold on to the baby and was almost dropping the child while walking around the store," police said.

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A driver of a white Dodge Challenger faces an OWI charge after allegedly rear-ending another vehicle while travelling at a high rate of speed on westbound Intestate 80 at Burr Street, police said.

"Before trial, an independent medical review panel, required under Indiana law, found that St. Mary Medical Center had failed to comply with the appropriate standard of care," attorney Kenneth J. Allen said.

"With the hot temperatures expected this week, don't forget about the heat impacts to pets," the NWS said. "Animals can die of heatstroke within 15 minutes, and cracking the car windows doesn’t help.

The accused was reportedly found guilty Friday following a two-day bench trial of criminal recklessness causing death, criminal recklessness causing serious bodily injury and aggressive driving.

Here are the recent bookings by the Lake County Sheriff's Department.

Here are recent bookings by the Porter County Sheriff's Department. All information is taken directly from thewebsite.

Documents filed last week in federal court revealed details of 55-year-old Louis Arcuri's drug crime, his substance abuse and others' suspicions of his conduct.

"It took a group effort to find this individual," the fire department said, thanking police, central dispatch and concerned citizens.