Lake Station man gets 8-year split term in shooting
A Lake Station man got an eight-year split term June 11 for a shooting.
Michael Vines, 20, pleaded guilty April 3 to attempted aggravated battery.
Judge Natalie Bokota sentenced him to five years in prison and three years on probation, records show.
Court documents allege he stole a semi-automatic handgun from the victim in a long-simmering feud. He fired five shots at him from across the street Aug. 14 on the 2500 block of Fairview Avenue in Lake Station.
Newton County man charged with child solicitation
A Newton County man faces a child solicitation charge in Lake County.
Tyler Hawley, 22, of Goodland, Indiana, was also charged June 9 with two counts of dissemination of matter harmful to minors.
He posted a $5,000 cash bond Friday. His next hearing is June 27.
Crown Point Police Det. Jeffrey Spicer wrote that Hawley sent an underaged girl and her best friend nude pictures on Snapchat. He also showed up at the girl’s house in June, but left when asked.
The girl told police that Hawley talked them knowing that they were underage.
Court records indicate that Hawley sent another nude picture that was circulating at South Newton High School. Police learned that he meant to send it to a freshman, but he posted it to his stories by mistake.
He declined to talk to police via a lawyer.