East Chicago Crime Information and Indiana Amber Alerts

East Chicago Indiana Crime Reports, Crime News, and Crime Statistics.

 

East Chicago Crime Statistics

Year Population Violent Crime Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Crime Burglary Theft Car Theft Arson
2005 31,409 714 12 12 125 565 1,860 397 1,124 339 15
 

Local East Chicago Crime News

Boyfriend of woman found dead released (The Michigan City News-Dispatch)
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:45:06 GMT
MICHIGAN CITY — After more than a full day of questioning, La Porte County authorities released from custody the boyfriend of Caitlin Wopinek, 19, who was found dead of a gunshot wound Sunday in her Woodland Crossings apartment.

Police Reports For Saturday, March 13, 2010 (The Michigan City News-Dispatch)
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:38:03 GMT
FRIDAY Lisa Jacqueline McCumber, 19, La Porte, was arrested at 5:45 p.m. in the 600 block of East 11th Street on a warrant for fraud.

Admitted card-cheater sentenced (The Desert Sun)
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:40:50 GMT
A man who participated in a major card-cheating ring that targeted the then-Trump 29, Agua Caliente and Spa Resort casinos in the Coachella Valley and made off with as much as $7 million from casinos nationwide was sentenced this week to 70 months in prison.

Area schedule (The Herald News)
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:02:11 GMT
TODAY'S EVENTS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Bremen at Lincoln-Way West (2), 11 a.m.; Brother Rice at Lincoln-Way North, 11 a.m.; Morris at Bradley-Bourbonnais, 11 a.m.; Reed-Custer vs. Maroa-Forsyth at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.; Reed-Custer vs. Alden-Hebron at Jacksonville, 1:30.COLLEGE BASEBALL: Quincy at Lewis (2), noon; Robert Morris at USF (2), noon. HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Plainfield East at Joliet ...

Scoreboard (Aberdeen American News)
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:12:57 GMT
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Illinois Community Calendar (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:07:56 GMT
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Man shot dead in Burnside drive-by (Chicago Tribune)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:26:48 GMT
A man died Wednesday after being shot in the head in a drive-by attack the Burnside neighborhood earlier in the afternoon, officials said. The shooting happened about 2:33 p.m. on the 800 block of East 90th Place, said Chicago Police Officer Veejay Zala. The man was taken in serious condition to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead there about 6 p.m., according to the Cook County medical ...

Two arrested in South Shore lot break ins (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:03:17 GMT
Two local men were arrested Tuesday morning after allegedlybreaking into cars in the East Chicago South Shore station parkinglot, police said.

Pastrick judgment could foster others (Post-Tribune)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:03:08 GMT
The $108 million judgment against former East Chicago mayor Robert Pastrick in Indiana's landmark racketeering lawsuit could be the start of a trend, says Notre Dame law professor G. Robert Blakey. Civil racketeering lawsuits could be used to win massive settlements from crooked politicians and to cripple political machines, much in the way the racketeering cases have been used to break up mob ...

Court upholds 65-year term in shooting death of E.C. man (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:01:19 GMT
INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Court of Appeals on Monday upheld theconviction and sentence of an East Chicago man involved in the 2007execution-style shooting death of 19-year-old Dominique Keesee.

 

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Law Enforcement Employees by City

Data as of 2005

City Total Law Enforcement Total Officers Total Civilians
Alexandria 17 13 4
Anderson 148 127 21
Angola 20 16 4
Attica 6 6 0
Auburn 30 22 8
Aurora 14 10 4
Austin 6 6 0
Bargersville 6 5 1
Bedford 42 32 10
Beech Grove 39 28 11
Berne 8 7 1
Bicknell 10 7 3
Bloomington 115 81 34
Bluffton 32 20 12
Boonville 13 12 1
Brazil 16 12 4
Bremen 16 12 4
Brownsburg 54 39 15
Burns Harbor 4 3 1
Carmel 107 88 19
Cedar Lake 21 16 5
Charlestown 20 15 5
Chesterfield 7 6 1
Chesterton 26 21 5
Clarksville 44 36 8
Clinton 9 7 2
Columbia City 20 18 2
Columbus 91 84 7
Connersville 33 31 2
Corydon 7 7 0
Covington 6 6 0
Crawfordsville 43 28 15
Crown Point 43 34 9
Culver 4 4 0
Danville 26 19 7
Decatur 21 17 4
Delphi 11 7 4
Dyer 33 26 7
East Chicago 125 108 17
Edinburgh 14 9 5
Elkhart 140 111 29
Elwood 21 16 5
Evansville 316 279 37
Fairmount 9 5 4
Fishers 75 68 7
Fort Wayne 471 433 38
Frankfort 42 31 11
Franklin 52 36 16
Garrett 17 13 4
Gary 337 272 65
Gas City 14 10 4
Georgetown 4 4 0
Goshen 61 56 5
Greencastle 16 13 3
Greendale 15 11 4
Greenfield 43 33 10
Greensburg 27 18 9
Greenwood 73 51 22
Griffith 38 30 8
Hagerstown 5 5 0
Hammond 267 212 55
Hartford City 14 13 1
Hebron 8 7 1
Highland 51 44 7
Hobart 71 55 16
Huntingburg 11 10 1
Huntington 44 35 9
Indianapolis 2,813 1,603 1,210
Jasonville 5 5 0
Jasper 28 20 8
Jeffersonville 62 54 8
Kendallville 26 17 9
Kingsford Heights 3 3 0
Knox 7 7 0
Kokomo 142 104 38
Kouts 4 4 0
La Porte 53 45 8
Lafayette 152 117 35
Lake Station 27 22 5
Lawrenceburg 25 20 5
Lebanon 29 28 1
Ligonier 10 9 1
Linton 17 10 7
Logansport 51 41 10
Long Beach 7 5 2
Loogootee 6 4 2
Lowell 18 13 5
Madison 35 27 8
Marion 86 72 14
Martinsville 27 20 7
Merrillville 66 54 12
Michigan City 106 88 18
Mishawaka 135 103 32
Monticello 17 12 5
Mooresville 27 21 6
Mount Vernon 16 15 1
Muncie 124 115 9
Munster 50 39 11
Nappanee 21 15 6
New Albany 69 66 3
New Castle 39 36 3
New Chicago 6 2 4
New Whiteland 12 7 5
Noblesville 73 63 10
North Liberty 4 4 0
North Manchester 15 11 4
North Vernon 21 18 3
Oakland City 5 5 0
Peru 33 30 3
Plainfield 60 39 21
Plymouth 29 23 6
Portage 75 56 19
Portland 17 13 4
Princes Lakes 4 4 0
Princeton 17 16 1
Rensselaer 14 9 5
Richmond 92 78 14
Rushville 18 13 5
Salem 18 12 6
Schererville 60 48 12
Scottsburg 13 13 0
Seymour 53 38 15
Shelbyville 52 41 11
South Bend 335 262 73
South Whitley 4 4 0
Speedway 37 28 9
St. John 22 17 5
Sullivan 8 7 1
Tell City 22 14 8
Terre Haute 152 129 23
Tipton 14 12 2
Trail Creek 4 4 0
Union City 12 7 5
Valparaiso 62 46 16
Vincennes 42 37 5
Wabash 32 26 6
Walkerton 12 7 5
Warsaw 42 35 7
Washington 22 17 5
Waterloo 7 6 1
West Lafayette 61 45 16
West Terre Haute 10 9 1
Westfield 33 28 5
Westville 3 3 0
Whiting 25 18 7
Winchester 17 13 4
Winona Lake 5 5 0
   
 

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Missing Persons for
East Chicago, IN


Endangered Runaway: BRYAN VIZUET (IN)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:04:44 EDT


Family Abduction: JADEN CUMMINS (IN)
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:31:25 EST


Family Abduction: JASMINE CUMMINS (IN)
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:31:25 EST


Endangered Runaway: CHARLIE MENDEZ (IN)
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:15:22 EST


Missing: CARLOS BUGARIN (IN)
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:00:35 EST


Missing: SAUL LOPEZ-CERON II (IN)
Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:24:55 EST


Endangered Missing: WENDY FELTON (IN)
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:15:04 EDT


Missing: TIAJ SMITH (IN)
Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:22:41 EDT


Family Abduction: CHRISTIAN GALLO-HYLAND (IN)
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:01:30 EDT


Family Abduction: JOAQUIN GALLO-HYLAND (IN)
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:01:30 EDT


Family Abduction: SOFIA GALLO-HYLAND (IN)
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:01:30 EDT


Family Abduction: NATHAN SLINKARD (IN)
Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:09:26 EDT


Family Abduction: ANDREW SLINKARD (IN)
Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:09:26 EDT


Family Abduction: SYDNEY SLINKARD (IN)
Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:09:26 EDT


Family Abduction: AMINE ZAHZOUH (IN)
Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:46:59 EDT


Missing: SIERRA EMBERTON (IN)
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:27:22 EDT


Missing: JADEN CUMMINS (IN)
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:27:22 EDT


Endangered Runaway: ELSY UBIETA (IN)
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:09:59 EDT