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7481 Broadway Crime & Safety Report

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Full report contains 174 offenders within 5 miles and 6631 crime incidents in the last 12 months.

174 Registered Sex Offenders within 5 miles Near 7481 Broadway, Merrillville, IN 46410

12 Rape

72 Child Involved

46 Assault

50 Other

Name / Age / Tags	Address	Distance	Risk
CRENSHAW, COURTNEY B 34 years old Child Involved	2738 W 85TH LN MERRILLVILLE, IN, 46410	2.3	Medium
ONTIVEROS, MARK JOSEPH 53 years old Child Involved	3980 WILLOW ST HOBART, IN, 46342	4.6	Medium
BUTLER, SETH 36 years old Child Involved	1421 E 50TH PL GARY, IN, 46409	3.2	Medium
BISSONETTE, MICHAEL ANTHONY 35 years old Violent	XXX HOMELESS CROWN POINT, IN, 46307	4.7	Medium
EDWARDS, JASON DE VINCENT 40 years old Violent	2600 W 93RD AVE CROWN POINT, IN, 46307	2.7	Medium

6631 Crime & Incidents in the Last 12 Months

731 Severe

1040 Medium

1674 Low

3186 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
Pierce Middle School	0.6 mi
Homer Iddings Elementary School	0.6 mi
Merrillville High School	0.9 mi
Henry P Fieler Elementary School	1.8 mi
Jonas E Salk Elementary School	1.9 mi

Crime & Safety Report for 7481 Broadway, Merrillville, IN 46410