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Vigilante videos are now more popular than ever on social media and, at least locally, seem to be taken more seriously by law enforcement and prosecutors.

The father discovered the boy had gotten ahold of the purse and gun while his mother was in the shower, police said.

Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Clymer had no hesitation during a Tuesday court hearing in saying that, after more than 9 years, the multi-count securities fraud case against Donald M. Johnson had gone on for too long without a resolution. That weighed in Johnson’s favor as Clymer considered the defendant’s third motion to dismiss the case against him, filed on June 29 and alleging that ...

"This motion like the others is another attempt by the defendant to litigate issues other than the facts and escape prosecution," Brown said.

After a stretch of nearly a decade, the securities fraud case against Donald M. Johnson just might be nearing a conclusion. Johnson, 58, of Porter, was first charged in Porter Superior Court in March 2014 with 14 counts related to securities fraud, Class C felonies at the time. A couple of months later, he was charged with one count of forgery, also a Class C felony, and two counts of theft, ...

VALPARAISO — A 59-year-old Porter County man, who was shot by police attempting to take him into custody in a child molesting case, has pleaded guilty to the sex crime,

"If the court should find the state responsible for an additional 101 days, then the charges must be dismissed."

Porter County Prosecutor Gary Germann’s team won gold medal for its 70-plus age group in the European championship tournament.

Porter County Highway Supervisor Jim Polarek is asking a former department employee to apologize to him publicly at a county council meeting after an Indiana State Police investigation cleared Polarek of any wrongdoing, including using department employees and resources to do work on private property. “After a thorough investigation of findings to the appointed special prosecutor, John M. ...

"We of course continue to express our sympathies and extend our condolences to the Thompson family and all of those whose lives have been tragically affected by this crash," police