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1317 77th Pl Crime & Safety Report

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Full report contains 168 offenders within 5 miles and 6383 crime incidents in the last 12 months.

168 Registered Sex Offenders within 5 miles Near 1317 77th Pl, Merrillville, IN

12 Rape

70 Child Involved

43 Assault

50 Other

Name / Age / Tags	Address	Distance	Risk
DEJONG, WARREN M 43 years old Rapist Violent	642 E 77TH AVE SCHEREVILLE, IN, 46375	4.2	Medium
CRENSHAW, COURTNEY B 34 years old Child Involved	2738 W 85TH LN MERRILLVILLE, IN, 46410	1.5	Medium
GARZA, JOHN ANDY SALVADOR 26 years old Child Involved	403 INDUSTIAL DR GRIFFITH, IN, 46319	4.9	Medium
BUTLER, SETH 36 years old Child Involved	1421 E 50TH PL GARY, IN, 46409	3.7	Medium
BISSONETTE, MICHAEL ANTHONY 35 years old Violent	XXX HOMELESS CROWN POINT, IN, 46307	4.4	Medium

6383 Crime & Incidents in the Last 12 Months

719 Severe

1004 Medium

1611 Low

3049 Other

Crime	Location (Approx.)	Severity	Description
Disturbance 07/16/2026 10:05 PM	Monroe St, Gary, IN 46408	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, officers are responding to a reported disturbance with loud yelling and screaming at a location on Monroe Street in Gary, Indiana.
Disturbance 07/16/2026 10:03 PM	Monroe St, Gary, IN 46408	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, officers are responding to a reported disturbance with yelling and screaming near Monroe Street in Gary, Indiana.
Medical Emergency 07/16/2026 10:02 PM	Mississippi St & E 85th Ave, Merrillville, IN 46410	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical service responded to a man reported to have been vomiting for three days near Mississippi Street and 85th Avenue in Merrillville, Indiana.
Break-In 07/16/2026 10:01 PM	Edgewater Rd, Crown Point, IN 46307	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, officers were dispatched to a possible residential burglary alarm at a home on Edgewater Road, reportedly coming from the front door area.
Medical Emergency 07/16/2026 09:35 PM	Morton St, Merrillville, IN 46410	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, units dispatched near Morton Street for a 4-year-old girl having a seizure; caller reports she briefly came out of it after seizure medication but then went into another seizure.

School	Distance
Homer Iddings Elementary School	0.7 mi
Jonas E Salk Elementary School	1.0 mi
Pierce Middle School	1.3 mi
Merrillville High School	1.6 mi
Henry P Fieler Elementary School	2.0 mi

Crime & Safety Report for 1317 77th Pl, Merrillville, IN