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South Bend Indiana Crime Reports, Crime News, and Crime Statistics.

South Bend Crime Statistics

Year	Population	Violent Crime	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property Crime	Burglary	Theft	Car Theft	Arson
2006	N/A	349	5	41	177	126	3,656	1,009	2,343	304	38
2005	106,076	794	12	69	348	365	6,612	1,678	4,366	568	87

Local South Bend Crime News

Parents cry foul about sentences :White co-defendant gets no prison time, biracial one gets 8 years. (South Bend Tribune)
Fri, 16 May 2008 23:38:12 GMT
SOUTH BEND -- A wide gap in the punishments of two 19-year-olds who pleaded guilty to the same crime under similar circumstances has, in the minds of some residents, brought the specter of racial discrimination into a St. Joseph County courtroom.

Michigan City man indicted on several child porn charges (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Fri, 16 May 2008 10:05:08 GMT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Federal authorities say a Michigan City man has been indicted on seven counts regarding child exploitation and child pornography.

Appeals court affirms sentence in police officer's murder (22 WSBT South Bend)
Thu, 15 May 2008 23:04:47 GMT
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Court of Appeals Thursday affirmed the sentences of Jeffrey Finley, who is serving 55 years in prison for the murder of South Bend Cpl. Scott Severns and 10 years for attempted robbery.

Federal grand jury indicts Michigan City man with child porn charges (WNDU 16 South Bend)
Thu, 15 May 2008 19:33:31 GMT
The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in South Bend, Indiana, returned a seven count indictment against James Allen Hatch, a 45-year-old from Michigan City, related to child pornography.

Michigan City man indicted on several child porn charges (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
Thu, 15 May 2008 18:57:54 GMT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Federal authorities say a Michigan City man has been indicted on seven counts regarding child exploitation and child pornography. The U.S. Attorney's Office in South Bend

Michigan City man indicted on several child porn charges (WLFI Lafayette)
Thu, 15 May 2008 16:34:54 GMT
Associated Press - May 15, 2008 12:34 PM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Federal authorities say a Michigan City man has been indicted on seven counts regarding child exploitation and child...

Police seek help in finding attempted bank robbery suspect (22 WSBT South Bend)
Thu, 15 May 2008 14:04:47 GMT
SOUTH BEND — St. Joseph County police are asking the community for help in identifying a suspect and getaway vehicle from an attempted bank robbery Wednesday afternoon.

South Bend Twp. man waives car theft charges to court (The Leader Times)
Thu, 15 May 2008 12:44:26 GMT
A South Bend Township man accused of forcibly stealing a car from an elderly woman last month waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday.

Stay Of Execution Granted For Student's Convicted Killer (WRTV Indianapolis)
Tue, 13 May 2008 21:26:58 GMT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A federal judge on Tuesday granted a stay of execution for a man scheduled to die by lethal injection May 30 for raping and killing a Franklin College freshman in 1997.

Jury deliberations in trial involving ex-Indiana priest set for Tuesday (FOX 19 Cincinnati)
Mon, 12 May 2008 23:44:22 GMT
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A judge says jury deliberations will begin tomorrow in the Vermont case of a former altar boy suing the Diocese of Burlington in a sex case involving a former Indiana priest.


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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 South Bend, IN Endangered Runaway: JESSALYN RELLY (IN) Mon, 12 May 2008 02:18:18 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 Missing: JASMINE CUMMINS (IN) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:24:23 EDT Missing: JADEN CUMMINS (IN) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:24:23 EDT Endangered Runaway: ELSY UBIETA (IN) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:09:59 EDT Endangered Runaway: OLIVIA PAVLOV (IN) Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:25:14 EDT Endangered Missing: MELINDA CREECH (IN) Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:01:27 EDT Endangered Runaway: SAMANTHA TROYER (IN) Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:57:11 EST Endangered Missing: DEBRA COLE (IN) Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:42:29 EST Endangered Runaway: DERRIKA ANDERSON (IN) Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:10:10 EST Endangered Runaway: MICHAEL ORTIZ (IN) Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:03:04 EST Family Abduction: ZINAB ASHY (IN) Wed, 02 May 2007 05:50:49 EDT Family Abduction: JAMAL ASHY (IN) Wed, 02 May 2007 05:50:49 EDT Endangered Runaway: DIAMOND KELLER (IN) Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:34:36 EDT Family Abduction: EMILY AGUILERA (IN) Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:34:23 EDT Family Abduction: JAVIER AGUILERA (IN) Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:34:23 EDT Endangered Runaway: SANDRA MARTINEZ (IN) Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:52:09 EDT Family Abduction: SYDNEY SLINKARD (IN) Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:13:23 EST Family Abduction: NATHAN SLINKARD (IN) Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:13:23 EST