Lake County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested a man who used his ex-girlfriend’s 15-month-old toddler as a human shield while barricading himself in a bathroom. What began as an armed domestic ...

A suspected drug dealer was arrested Thursday after leading police on a high-speed pursuit through Merrillville with a 1-year ...

The Lake County, Indiana sheriff said they tried to stop the man near his home on Polk Street in Merrillville, but he sped off. The child and his mother were both inside the van. Police eventually ...

GARY, Ind. (WLS) -- Skeletal remains were found Friday at a home in northwest Indiana. The discovery was made around 2:45 p.m. in the 2600 block of Jefferson Street in Gary, the Lake County Coroner's ...

Lake County Sheriff’s Department deputies on Wednesday arrested a man who used his ex-girlfriend’s 15-month-old toddler as a human shield while barricading himself in a bathroom.

The Lake County Sheriff's Office conducted alcohol compliance checks on 51 alcohol retailers in the county by having someone under 21 attempt to purchase alcoho ...

In fact, Indiana law prohibits local units of ... Democratic Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. said the Lake County Sheriff's Department routinely has cooperated with its federal law enforcement partners ...

The Lake County Sheriff's Office conducted alcohol compliance checks on 51 alcohol retailers in the county by having someone under 21 attempt to purchase alcohol. The underage person was ...

LOWELL, Ind. - An 18-year-old man was killed early Thursday morning when his pickup truck went off the road and overturned in northwest Indiana, authorities said. The crash happened around 3 a.m. at ...

A Lake County, Illinois man is charged with the human trafficking of a 15-year-old girl, the sheriff's office said Tuesday. Jose Puga of Wonder Lake is charged with 12 felonies, including ...