CRIME & SAFETY
Twenty-seven-year-old La Porte County Jail inmate dies
LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind. -- The La Porte County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating the death of 27-year-old inmate Coltyn T. Nowatzke after he was found unresponsive in his cell around 8 a.m. Tuesday morning. Authorities say Nowatzke's cellmate alerted jail staff of an emergency and Jail Division Deputies,...
'They saw red flags': Foster mom of tortured 4-year-old calls for criminal investigation into DCS
The foster mother of a 4-year-old boy who was beaten and tortured by his own parents is calling for a criminal investigation into the Indiana Department of Child Services' handling of the boy's case, accusing the agency of multiple failures, including ignoring troubling signs of abuse and neglect. ...
Indiana Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Child Exploitation, Co-defendant Awaits Sentencing
An Indiana man will spend the next three decades behind bars for peddling vile images of a minor on the dark web. Gerald Talman Brann, 43, of Valparaiso was slapped with a gruesome 30-year prison sentence in federal court in San Antonio and ordered to pay a hefty $110,000 in restitution, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday.
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