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Lansing police execute search warrant operation near Wentworth Avenue, Ridge Road
LANSING, Ill. — The Lansing Police Department conducted a search warrant execution near the intersection of Wentworth Avenue and Ridge Road on Friday, blocking off nearby streets to traffic and putting schools on lockdowns. In a press release issued Friday afternoon, the department said it had received information about...
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Hammond Man Charged After Roommate Suffered Serious Injury In Stabbing
Lawrence Jagiela, 64, of Hammond, was charged after his roommate was stabbed at a home in the 6100 block of California Avenue in Hammond on November 11. Police were called around 8:52 p.m. by the roommate, who reported that Jagiela had stabbed him. When officers arrived, they saw Jagiela near...
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Gary Man Dies After Wednesday Crash on Hammond’s 177th Street
A Gary man has died after sustaining multiple injuries in a crash on the 3900 block of 177th Street in Hammond on Wednesday evening. He was pronounced dead by emergency room physicians shortly after the crash, according to officials. The details come from the Lake County Coroner’s Office, which confirmed...
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Gary Man Charged After Welfare Check Finds Unsanitary Conditions
Robert Michael Januska, 42, of Gary, was arrested Nov. 8 after officers responding to a welfare check reported finding five children in unsanitary conditions inside a home in the 1300 block of Roosevelt Street in Gary. Officers were dispatched at about 10:16 p.m. after an unknown caller reported that several...
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Chicago woman collected dead mother’s teacher pension for 29 years, prosecutors say
Two women face felony charges in unrelated fraud cases announced Thursday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul — one accused of cashing her dead mother’s pension checks for 29 years, the other of submitting fraudulent applications that resulted in more than $500,000 in pandemic relief loans. Lynn Stevenson,...
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Off-Duty Gary Firefighter Charged After Allegedly Striking Trooper’s Vehicle While Intoxicated
Michael Damien Rodriguez, of Gary, was charged after allegedly striking a state police vehicle near the southbound I-65 ramp to westbound I-80 at about midnight on September 14, then fleeing through an active highway work zone and into Gary. A trooper was working a traffic-control detail when his stationary, marked...