Porter County Law and Order

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Updated: January 14, 2012 9:01PM

SOUTH HAVEN

Man forces chase after pull-over

A 29-year-old Portage man who ran from a traffic stop ultimately was arrested after police shocked him with a Taser. Police said Kristopher Edmonds, 29, nearly struck a squad car and another vehicle because he was driving too fast during icy conditions to heed a stop sign at McCool Road and North County Road 700. The patrol officer intended to write Edmonds a ticket for disregarding a stop sign and expired license plates, according to the police report, but Edmonds ran. Officers followed his footprints in the snow and captured him about eight or nine minutes later, in the 300 block of McCool Road. He was arrested for fleeing law enforcement.

Valparaiso

Silver coins taken
from Ameripawn

An unknown number of silver coins were stolen at about 7:15 p.m. Thursday from Ameripawn, at 1415 Lincolnway. According to the police report, it appears someone threw a cinder block through the window portion of a door to get inside, and the contents of several showcases were ransacked and thrown on the floor. When the burglar alarm sounded, according to the police report, a pedestrian said he saw a man with a green bag over his shoulder run from the business’s parking area and get into the passenger side of a small SUV that left the scene. Several silver coins were found in the snow just outside the damaged door.

CHESTERTON

Minor crash caused by drunken driver

Dean Stainko, 41, of Westville, was arrested for drunken driving and on a warrant for battery after rear-ending another vehicle. The crash happened just before 6 p.m. Thursday on U.S. 49 at Gateway Boulevard. No one was injured.

Pistol reported stolen during move

A Walther .22 caliber pistol, two magazines for it and a gun case were reported stolen between Sept. 12 and Thursday. The victim told police the gun had been in storage with two other weapons as she moved. The loss is estimated at $390.