HAMMOND — A Gary man was sentenced Tuesday to more than six years in prison for robbing two Merrillville hotels in January 2023.

The Richmond Police Department presented quarterly crime figures Wednesday, highlighted by an 8% reduction in violent crime through Sept. 30 compared to the same time last year.

A Roanoke man was sentenced to two life prison terms Wednesday for a 2021 robbery that killed a convenience store clerk.

Police charged a Roanoke man with second-degree murder Monday after another man was fatally shot at a store in the Grandin Village neighborhood Sunday evening.

HAMMOND | A Crown Point man was sentenced Tuesday to four years and nine months in prison for robbing three region banks, federal court records state.