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Crime
Two men charged in Lake Station Boost Mobile armed robbery after phones sold in Indianapolis
Court filings say Milton Harvey III and Deandre Williams stole phones and cash in January; ecoATM records and a Jeep tied Harvey to the haul months later.
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Hobart man charged after struggle leaves Portage officer with broken hand
Adrian Paris Jr., 58, of Hobart faces felony charges after a Sept. 4 Comfort Inn call in Portage escalated into a struggle that allegedly fractured an officer’s hand.
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New Jersey man charged after axe attacks on semis along I-80 in Hammond
Indiana State Police say Ivan Savych struck two tractor-trailers with a long-handled axe Friday, then fled a pursuit that ended when Lake County deputies boxed in his Volkswagen.
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Arrest made in 1998 Gary killing of Jacqueline “Jackie” Soto
Lake County prosecutors charged Alfred Kevin Sanders with murder in Jacqueline “Jackie” Soto’s December 1998 Gary killing after DNA on decades-old evidence matched him.
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East Chicago man convicted of murder in 2023 apartment shooting
A Lake County jury found Robert Allison guilty of murder in the May 2023 shooting death of Christian Ogbomon; sentencing is set for Oct. 7.
Crime
Gary woman charged with murder after man run over in driveway
Ashley Dominique Taylor, 34, of Gary faces murder charges in the Sept. 7 death of Chilly Cooper, 42, whom investigators say she struck and ran over with a Hyundai on West 20th Place.
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Porter County brings in special prosecutors for two Flock LPR cases
Judge Rebecca Buitendorp appointed Jasper County’s Jacob Taulman and LaPorte County’s Sean Fagan after Prosecutor Gary Germann asked the court to avoid any appearance of bias.
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