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Illegal immigrant arrested after stabbing of teen girl at Indiana baseball game: police
A previously deported illegal immigrant from Honduras was arrested Sunday, authorities said, following an intense manhunt in Indiana after he was deemed a person of interest in the random stabbing of a teen girl at a baseball game.
The manhunt for Dimas Gabriel Yanez, 26, began Saturday after a 14-year-old girl was stabbed in the hand with a butcher-style knife while at her brother’s baseball game in unincorporated Lowell, Indiana, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.
When the girl’s mother tried to help, the suspect also tried to stab the mother before fleeing, according to authorities. The teen has since been treated and released from a hospital.
Authorities recovered a knife believed to have been used in the attack and named Yanez as a person of interest, warning the public that he should be considered armed and dangerous.
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Dimas Gabriel Yanez, 26, was arrested Sunday after a 14-year-old girl was stabbed in a hand during a baseball game, authorities said. Yanez is believed to have tried to cut his hair to change his appearance before his arrest. (Lake County Sheriff’s Office)
As the extensive search continued into Sunday, the sheriff’s office said that Yanez was spotted in the southern part of Lake County.
Yanez is a person of interest in the random stabbing, according to authorities. (Lake County Sheriff’s Office)
Yanez was apprehended later Sunday afternoon after a police officer with the sheriff’s department spotted him running through a cornfield, according to the sheriff’s office.
Investigators believe Yanez was in the process of trying to cut his hair to change his appearance and evade law enforcement just before he was apprehended.
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The sheriff’s office said Yanez had previously been deported to Honduras in 2018 and “may have been engaged in criminal activity across the United States since returning to the country illegally.”
Yanez is in custody at the Lake County Jail as the investigation into the stabbing continues. (Lake County Sheriff’s Office)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was notified of Yanez’s arrest on Sunday, the sheriff’s office said.
“I would like to extend my most heartfelt gratitude to each and every Lake County police officer and to all law enforcement agencies working tirelessly on the investigation and search in this case,” Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. said. “I am proud of the level of cooperation exhibited by police officers throughout the county.”
Yanez remains in custody at the Lake County Jail. No information about whether Yanez is facing any charges was immediately provided.
The sheriff’s office said the investigation is ongoing and more details will be provided as they become available.
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DELAVAN, Wis. — A Delavan police officer has resigned immediately following his arrest on stalking charges in Illinois.
Joshua Bittner faces charges stemming from contacting a woman against the orders of the Winnebago County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Office. The woman detailed a long pattern of harassment in court documents obtained by TMJ4.
Before being hired by the Delavan Police Department in 2023, Bittner was an officer in Beloit. He resigned from that position while the police department investigated his behavior.
Bittner’s resignation takes effect immediately.
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This past season, the 6-foot-4, 190-pounder from Liberty, Missouri, averaged 19.8 points and 4.4 assists per game on 47.7% field goal shooting and 35.8% 3-point shooting, to accompany 4.4 assists, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.4 steals through approximately 37:44 of action in his 37 games played.
At the end of the season, Stirtz’s play earned him AP and USBWA honorable-mention All-America honors, first-team All-Big Ten recognition, and the winner of the prestigious Chris Street Award.
In addition to Stirtz’s men’s Athlete of the Year award, Iowa’s men’s basketball team took home four additional Golden Herkys.
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