Latest reports in Indiana
Robbery
'I'll pop a cap in your a—!': Woman shot at repairman for charging $70 service fee to fix dryer
Indiana woman sentenced to 10 years for shooting at repairman over a $70 dryer service fee.
Homicide
'I can do what I want. It's Indiana': Man refused to stop 'messing around' with gun before shooting 2 friends, police say
Indiana man charged after allegedly drunkenly playing with a handgun and shooting two friends, telling police 'I can do what I want. It's Indiana.'
Homicide
Husband annihilated his wife with a hammer, then told cops 'I think she's having an affair' and 'I lost it' — now he's headed to prison, but not for murder
Indiana man sentenced to 15 years for voluntary manslaughter in wife's hammer killing after judge rejected murder charge.
Homicide
Man charged with murder in 1998 killing of Gary woman
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the 1998 homicide of a Gary woman.
Homicide
'Handle it right now': Man killed neighbor who threatened to call 911 after having gun pulled on him, police say
Indiana man charged with murder and attempted murder for allegedly shooting neighbor who threatened to call police.
Homicide
Woman hiding from her boyfriend in the woods gets shot and wakes up to him standing over her before she dies, cops say
Indiana judge rejects plea deal for man accused of murder, sending case to trial.
Homicide
Man cut off his own genitals and used them as kindling to burn down the family garage, police say
Indiana man accused of arson after allegedly using his own severed genitals to start a garage fire.
Drug Trafficking
DEA executes search warrant at Northwest Indiana animal hospital
The DEA executed a search warrant at an animal hospital in Lowell, Indiana.
Homicide
Man charged with murder of 10-year-old in Gary, accused of targeting Fourth of July party
Chicago man charged with murder for allegedly killing a 10-year-old boy at a Gary Fourth of July party.
Homicide
Shooting, crash investigation shuts down portion of I-80/94 in Hammond
Indiana State Police investigate a shooting and crash that shut down I-80/94 in Hammond, causing traffic backups.
Homicide
'Thinks he was hot stuff': Man claimed he accidentally killed wife in front of her son during argument that 'got out of hand,' police say
Indiana man Stephen Ray Lang arrested and charged with murder after wife Sara M. Lang died from a gunshot wound.
Homicide
Gary shootings leave 10-year-old dead, several injured
A 10-year-old boy was killed and several others injured in two separate shootings in Gary early Sunday.
Homicide
'Do you want to die?': Boy who was 15 when he murdered teen while robbing her brother learns his fate
Indiana teen sentenced to 45 years for murder during a robbery of marijuana turned deadly.
Domestic Violence
Baby found wearing diaper full of trash and bugs, leading to the most horrific rash DCS workers 'have ever seen' as mom and grandma blame cheap, generic brand: Police
Indiana mother and grandmother charged with neglect after infant found with severe diaper rash from unsanitary conditions.
Homicide
'One of us is going to die tonight': Man fired 7 bullets into neighbor's garage door to try to kill his ex-wife
Indiana man sentenced to 35 years for attempted murder of ex-wife, firing shots into garage.
Homicide
Alleged juror misconduct forces mistrial for mom accused of starving daughter to death
A mistrial was declared for a mother accused of murder after a juror allegedly communicated inappropriately with a witness.