Indiana State Police

An Indiana State Trooper is being hailed as a hero after he saved a woman’s life after she accidentally shot herself. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski has the story.

A 7-year-old from Illinois has died after a multi-vehicle crash on the Indiana Roll Road on Thursday. Just before 11 a.m. on Thurday, several vehicles on the Indiana Toll Road were stopped while passengers attempted to catch a stray dog near the 12-mile marker. Anthony Swanson of Chicago reduced his speed while driving in the center lane near the area….

Indiana State Police are searching for a man who allegedly left a small child in a vehicle and bit a state trooper before fleeing a traffic stop Saturday morning. According to authorities, troopers pulled over the unidentified man along the Indiana Toll Roll near Hammond just before 5 a.m. Saturday. The driver of the vehicle allegedly refused to identify himself…

A driver was taken to a hospital Friday after she badly injured her hand at an Indiana toll road collection booth, police said. The woman’s hand became stuck as she drove away, possibly because of a ring, state police Cpl. Judith Kubsch told The (Northwest Indiana) Times. The incident occurred on eastbound Interstate 90 in Gary. Some motorists said the woman...

Indiana State Police are searching for a second individual that may have been involved in an incident that left a trooper injured and a carjacking suspect dead after he was shot in an exchange of gunfire with police. Just after 10 p.m. Friday night, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department received calls concerning an armed robbery that took place at...

An Indiana State Police trooper was wounded and a 23-year-old armed robbery suspect was killed in a shootout Friday on I-65 near Crown Point, Indiana. The incident started with an armed robbery and carjacking about 10:15 p.m. at the Pilot Truck Stop along I-65 in Remington, Indiana, according to a statement from Indiana State Police. The suspect stole a black…

Indiana State Police are investigating a crash on Interstate 70 in Vigo County that claimed the life of one person Sunday afternoon. Just after 2 p.m., a Jeep was traveling westbound near the Indiana state line when the driver slammed into the rear of a moving 2012 Volvo semi-trailer, according to a news release from state police. A preliminary investigation…

Indiana officials were investigating a fatal crash involving a semi truck reported on Interstate 94 Wednesday afternoon. At around 1:52 p.m. Wednesday, a black Chevy Blazer struck a 1999 Kenworth semi truck from behind, which pulled off onto the right shoulder, disabled, going westbound on I-94, three miles east of Michigan City near exit 34, Indiana State Police said. ISP…

A Statewide Silver Alert was canceled Friday a day after Indiana authorities issued the alert following the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl and her 7-month-old son. According to police, Caneesha Ellis and her son Kannon were last seen Tuesday in Crown Point. Ellis and her son were placed with a new foster family this week, and police are handling the…

A 21-year-old man charged in northwest Indiana with impersonating a police officer allegedly told police he always wanted to be a cop since he was a junior cadet in Illinois. About 10:20 p.m. Sunday, a state trooper saw a Jeep speeding at 90 mph down an expressway with red and blue emergency lights flashing, Indiana State Police said in a…

A Chicago man is facing a slew of felony charges after crashing a vehicle while trying to evade Indiana state police on Saturday morning. According to authorities, a trooper was patrolling Interstate 80/94 near mile marker 2 when he observed a vehicle traveling eastbound at 95 mph. The trooper activated his emergency lights and tried to pull over the vehicle,…

An Indiana woman who plowed her pickup truck into four children, killing three of them, as they crossed a two-lane highway to board their school bus has reportedly been sentenced to at least three years in prison.

An Indiana woman is in custody after she allegedly drove off a roadway while intoxicated, and then knocked on the door of an off-duty sheriff’s deputy to ask for help.  According to Indiana State Police, the woman was driving at approximately 12:51 a.m. Tuesday when the vehicle slid off the roadway and became stuck. The woman, identified as 30-year-old...

A planned northern Indiana park honoring two teenage girls who were slain in 2017 is getting donated light poles to illuminate its softball fields and playgrounds.

Police officers, including one who was off duty, rescued an 11-year-old boy who fell through thin ice on an Indiana pond.

A Hammond man was arrested Saturday after leading officers from multiple police agencies on a chase through four municipalities in northwest Indiana.

A self-described “thrill-seeker” from Portage, Indiana, was arrested Saturday for driving 142 mph in a 55 mph zone of Interstate 80/94.

An Indiana woman found with an 8-foot-long python wrapped around her neck had apparently kept snakes at the residence, which was filled with snakes and outfitted for a collection of the reptiles, police said Thursday.