Porter County arrests (2024)

Dec. 15-18

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED — Richard James, 48, Michigan City

FAILURE TO APPEAR — Dearieus Kindred, 31, Gary

REVOCATION OF PROBATION, FAILURE TO APPEAR — Tommy Brown Jr., 30, Valparaiso

FALSE REPORTING — Ezel Whiley, 31, Portage

FAILURE TO APPEAR — Amy Kochenash, 34, Valparaiso

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED — Timothy Gamblin, 54, Valparaiso

NEVER RECEIVED LICENSE, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED — Gerardo Garcia-Valle, 36, Valparaiso

FALSE INFORMING — Daniel Laco, 27, Portage

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED — Joseph Patrick 28, Crown Point

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED — Jacob Donley, 35, Chesterton

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED — Samuel Puchalski, 25, Valparaiso

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED — Devon Tripp, 21, Valparaiso

FAILURE TO APPEAR — Timothy Gross III, 28, Lake Station

FAILURE TO APPEAR —Brianne Wozniak, 27, Valparaiso

OPERATING WHILE BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC VIOLATOR — Dale Ribar, 37, Kouts

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED — Randy Pruitt, 49, Lancaster, Texas

FAILURE TO APPEAR — Alexander Bayliss, 40, Valparaiso

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE — Kyle Reinese, 28, Valparaiso

RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT, REVOCATION OF PROBATION — Bryan Hall Jr., 30, Valparaiso

POSSESSION OF COCAINE, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA — David Archey, 55, Valparaiso

DOMESTIC BATTERY — Amber Marshall, 29, Valparaiso

FAILURE TO APPEAR — Joshua Brewer, 21, Portage

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED, NEVER RECEIVED LICENSE — Bernabe Reyes-Tenorio, 50, Michigan City

FAILURE TO APPEAR — Amy Kwasniewski, 36, Portage

INVASION OF PRIVACY — Matthew Bournazos, 44, Portage

Dec. 18 - Dec. 19

NEVER RECEIVED LICENSE — Jerry Hoium, 57, Roanoke

REVOCATION OF PROBATION — Megan Watson, 31, Merrillville

INVASION OF PRIVACY — Jason Stockman, 42, Hebron

DOMESTIC BATTERY, BATTERY — Thomas Noble, 45, Portage

POSSESSION OF HYPODERMIC, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED — Blake Cassoday, 23, Michigan City

THEFT — Jeremy Wotherspoon, 39, West Lafayette

INTIMIDATION, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA — Jose Gutierrez, 22, Portage

DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED —Peggy Vergis, 40, Portage

REVOCATION OF PROBATION — Benjamin Long, 29, Crown Point

AUTO THEFT, POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY, RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT, RECKLESS DRIVING, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA, NEVER RECEIVED LICENSE — Herschel Liddell, 22, Chicago

Dec. 19 - Dec. 20

DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED, FAILURE TO APPEAR — Bruce Kahn, 33, Michigan City

THEFT — Angela Stanley, 42, Valparaiso

BURGLARY — Gerardo Alcantar, 36, Merrillville

INVASION OF PRIVACY — Eugene Smith, 35, New Carlisle

FAILURE TO COMPLY — Andrew Leavell, 21, Battle Creek, Michigan

FAILURE TO APPEAR — Justin O'Keefe, 28, Knox

DOMESTIC BATTERY, INTERFERENCE WITH REPORTING — Richard Archer Jr., 47, Valparaiso

FAILURE TO APPEAR — Robert Ridge, 26, Chesterton

BATTERY — Joshua Meyer, 42, Valparaiso

DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED — Johnathan Schroeder, 33, Valparaiso

POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA, REVOCATION OF PROBATION — Tyler Meyer, 21, Westville

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF — Taylor Sprincz, 21, Portage

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED — Scott Schroeder, 55, Valparaiso

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED — Steven McLinn, 24, Valapraiso

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA, CRIMINAL TRESPASS — Carl Bauer, 35, Michigan City

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED— Tianna Williams, 24, Gary

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED — Michael Shannon, 42, DeMotte

Dec. 20 - Dec. 22

THEFT — Jabria Ezell, 25, Gary

REVOCATION OF PROBATION — Damonte Hannah, 26, Gary

FAILURE TO APPEAR — Kassie Gould, 24, Winamac

FAILURE TO APPEAR — Christel Hedron, 42, Portage

FAILURE TO APPEAR — Robert Zemlik, 51, Lake Station

THEFT — Brionna Gates, 23, Gary

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED — Raymond Harris, 59, Gary

POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA — Joseph Stamper, 53, Burns Harbor

POSSESSION OF HYPODERMIC, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA, POSSESSION OF COCAINE — Michelle Zajicek, 29, Portage

FAILURE TO APPEAR — Patricia Culter, 21, Thayer

FALSE REPORTING, FALSE INFORMING, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED, VISITING A COMMON NUISANCE, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA — Brett Miner, 36, Crown Point

THEFT, HOLD — Anthony Jones, 54, Valparaiso

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA — Dominic Kalmas, 20, Valparaiso

POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA — Andrew Green,20, Chesterton

DRUGS DEALING COCAINE — Joaquin Flores, 38, Whiting

CRIMINAL CONFINEMENT. INTIMIDATION, THREATS — Floyd Bruner, 59, Portage

REVOCATION OF PROBATION — Patricia Callahan,54, Lufkin, Texas

POSSESSION OF HYPODERMIC, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE —Darrel Kelley, 58, Gary

DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED — Lucas Svetic, 58, Gary

FAILURE TO APPEAR — Deanna Delmage, 48, Portage

POSSESSION OF HEROIN, PUBLIC INTOXICATION — Aaron Swelfer, 28, Merrillville

BATTERY —Journey Mallard, 18, Hobart

BATTERY —Azenia Cortes-Martinez, 18, Portage

DOMESTIC BATTERY —Elizabeth Laux, 21, Valparaiso

DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA — Edward Owens, 22, Independance, Louisiana

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF — Michael Tanses, 28, Portage

DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED — Michael Elkins, 25, Hobart

FAILURE TO COMPLY — John Santana, 39, Portage

REVOCATION OF PROBATION — Alexandre Gibson, 21, Valparaiso

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, WEAPONS CARRY HANDGUN — Samuel Seals, 45, Chicago

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED, PUBLIC NUDITY —Markeita Morris, 44, Chicago

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED, REFUSAL TO SUBMIT — Daniel Ferrer, 34, Valparaiso

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED — Ankur Kasyap, 33, Michigan City

OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED — Eric Lynn, 45, Valparaiso