LaPorte County Sheriff Department

A Lafayette resident is dead, after apparently stealing a police SUV from LaPorte County sheriff's deputies who were trying to take her into custody Thursday. Indiana State Police believe Melissa L. Collins, 21, was secured in the front passenger seat, when she was able to manipulate the handcuffs, unbuckle the seat belt and take possession of the vehicle.

Last week's winter storm kept Indiana State Police busy. Troopers from the Lowell Post say they responded to 153 property damage crashes, 28 injury crashes, 83 slide-offs and 157 calls to assist motorists from Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning.

A mother and her teenage son were killed in a crash on U.S. 30 in LaPorte County. Sheriff's deputies say it happened shortly before 8:00 a.m. Tuesday east of Wanatah.

LAPORTE COUNTY - The LaPorte County Sheriff's Office is implementing a body scanner that was recently put into service in the department's jail division.…

LA PORTE COUNTY - The suspect involved in Friday morning's burglary and manhunt is now in custody. LaPorte County Sheriff's Department Captain Michael…

LA PORTE COUNTY - A car went off the road and crashed into a house at about 6 o'clock Friday morning. Captain Michael Kellems says it happened at 4058 N…