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0 McCool Rd Crime & Safety Report

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Full report contains 90 offenders within 5 miles and 3445 crime incidents in the last 12 months.

90 Registered Sex Offenders within 5 miles Near 0 McCool Rd, Portage, IN 46368

8 Rape

52 Child Involved

17 Assault

20 Other

Name / Age / Tags	Address	Distance	Risk
WEBB, CORNELL V 52 years old Rapist Violent	5657 BREMEN PORTAGE, IN, 46368	3	Medium
HAYWOOD, DANA J 30 years old Rapist Violent	2134 WELLS ST LAKE STATION, IN, 46405	4.1	Medium
ROGERS, JERRY J 49 years old Rapist	2651 MONNIER ST PORTAGE, IN, 46368	2.2	Medium
HIX, VINCENT 59 years old Child Involved	382 KEYSTONE DR VALPARAISO, IN, 46385	1.4	Medium
CANNON, RICHARD WARREN 31 years old Child Involved	250 US 12 HIGHWAY BURNS HARBOR, IN, 46304	4.8	Medium

3445 Crime & Incidents in the Last 12 Months

334 Severe

513 Medium

934 Low

1664 Other

Crime	Location (Approx.)	Severity	Description
Domestic Dispute 07/16/2026 09:32 PM	Aspen Dr, Valparaiso, IN 46385	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch received an apparent open-line 911 call tracing to a residence near Aspen Drive, where a male and female could be heard arguing. The male reportedly encouraged calling the police and appeared to be slurring his words, suggesting possible intoxication, while referencing that they had both hit each other in the past.
Missing Person 07/16/2026 09:26 PM	Ash St, Portage, IN 46368	LOW	As discussed during the dispatch call, officers were sent to a location near Ash Street in Portage for a possible runaway or missing child report from a caller who was not at the scene.
Disturbance 07/16/2026 09:26 PM	Sullivan St, Lake Station, IN 46405	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, a caller reported a possible disturbance near Sullivan Street involving neighbors loudly beating on trash cans.
Traffic 07/16/2026 09:22 PM	Central Ave & McCool Rd, Portage, IN 46368	LOW	As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a report of a vehicle driving recklessly near McCool Road and Central Avenue in Portage. The caller described an old gold Lexus passenger car traveling southbound on McCool. Responding units checked the area but the vehicle was gone when they arrived.
Traffic 07/16/2026 09:01 PM	Lagoon Way, Portage, IN 46368	LOW	As discussed during the dispatch call, officers conducted a traffic stop behind a theater involving a gray Honda with Illinois passenger plates, which initially did not stop but then pulled into Lagoon Way in Portage, Indiana.

School	Distance
Ethel R Jones Elementary School	1.2 mi
Rowena Kyle Elementary School	1.2 mi
Portage High School	1.5 mi
South Haven Elementary School	1.6 mi
Paul Saylor Elementary School	1.9 mi

Crime & Safety Report for 0 McCool Rd, Portage, IN 46368