St. Joseph County Police

St. Joseph County sheriff candidate Rod Laureys was briefly suspended from the county police department for failing to notify its leaders of his plans to run. Laureys is a St. Joseph County police corporal.

The man accused of resisting arrest, shooting an officer’s gun and punching a police K9 has died at the St. Joseph County Jail.

"It’s time to pass the proverbial torch at South Bend, but I have a lot of tools left in the toolbox and I need to utilize them," Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski said during a press conference Friday at the County-City Building. "I can’t just walk away from police work. Not gonna happen."

St. Joseph County prosecutors says 34-year-old Dustin Pate faces much more serious charges of attempted murder after resisting arrest with outstanding theft and probation violation warrants that had threatened to return him to prison.

St. Joseph County Council Democratic President Pro Tem Bryan Tanner says Democrats' coalition with Republican Dan Schaetzle worked well, including tapping cash reserves to shore up police pensions and double road repair spending.

The Virginia-based Institute for Justice says it next will probably appeal South Bend homeowner Amy Hadley's Fifth Amendment case to the Supreme Court.

St. Joseph County Police say 6-year-old Joshua Nizigiyimana had wondered from his family's Granger home and somehow got into a vacationing neighbor's pool.

St. Joseph County Police have seen a trend of troublesome parties at short-term rentals. They urge property owners to be wary of local people renting their homes for just one night.

St. Joseph County has charged Shau-Ri Sparkle Rae Rose with two counts of criminal recklessness following an incident involving a Penn-Harris-Madison school bus.

The Indiana Department of Transportation is fast-tracking an interchange at State Road 2 and Larrison Road but it's still a couple years off.