Meredith Colias-Pete

Elijah Russell signed a plea deal in July for armed robbery after admitting he helped lure a kid, then held a knife to his throat, leading him to a backyard where he was severely beaten.

The Indiana Court of Appeals denied a Gary man’s bid to overturn his conviction for shooting a dog, then killing a man trying to shield his girlfriend – saying his 25-year sentence was appropriate.…

An Illinois man was sentenced to six years Friday after signing a plea deal in his Griffith girlfriend's shooting death. He said it was an accident.

A Hammond man got a 9-year split prison term Friday after his 5-month-old daughter was hurt so badly in 2019 that she developed cerebral palsy and requires lifetime medical care.

The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected a Hammond man's bid to overturn his murder conviction Friday.

A Crown Point man avoided a prison term Friday for a plea deal in a 2021 shooting and later exposing himself to a McDonald's co-worker in an unrelated incident.

When Zakira Porter was arrested in May 2022 as a suspect in a gas station shooting, cops noticed marks all over her 8-year-old daughter's body.

Hobart Police Capt. Nick Wardrip testified Tuesday that cops found a couple of things inside a Gary home that showed Zakira Porter beat her then-8-year-old daughter with an extension cord.

The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected a Chicago woman's appeal Tuesday who said her conviction for stabbing her sister's boyfriend in the heart was too harsh.

A Crown Point man sawed through a strip club roof trying to steal money in the safe and ATM, charges allege. Christian Felkamp, 23, was charged on Nov. 23 with burglary.