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Merrillville man charged with armed robbery, battery

Armed robbery and battery charges have already been filed in Lake Superior Court against a Merrillville man stemming from a June 17 robbery.

Jonathan Peter Hammonds, 18, is involved in robbing an acquaintance with whom he¡¯d decided to trade some Nike Jordan shoes. The acquaintance told police he knew Hammonds because they¡¯d had classes together at high school.

The victim said a friend drove him to Hammonds¡¯ residence in the 7500 block of Wright Street. When he saw a Nike Jordan shoe box on the table, he set his box next to it on the table and stepped back for Hammonds to look at the shoes. While he looked around the house, the victim told police he saw a man coming up the stairs with a gun pointed at him. Hammonds then punched him twice and knocked him to the floor. Both men were standing over him shouting to quit everything he had. The man handed over his cellphone and the $25 he would give Hammonds as well as the shoes. The man told police he was allowed to leave.

Police arrested Hammonds, who said he sold the telephone at a wireless phone store. Police identified Hammonds on store surveillance footage since the man who sold the phone that same day.

Gary man gets Twelve months for auto theft

Lake Superior Court Judge Clarence Murray placed a Gary man on probation for 1 year for auto theft.

Justin Edward Smith, 20, admitted he had accepted focus on a woman¡¯s 1988 Oldsmobile Alero, which on March 17, 2013, was towed to a garage in the area of 47th avenue and Roosevelt Street in Gary. Around one month, the woman contacted Smith numerous times regarding the status of her car repairs but never got her car back. On April 14, 2013, Smith told the girl her car ended up stripped and offered her $350 for your car, but never gave her the money.
In the court on Monday, when Smith pleaded guilty and was sentenced, his attorney, Roxanne Mendez Johnson, said Smith was working and had put together the $350 in restitution outlined in his plea agreement.

Smith pleaded guilty to a felony charge, but Murray entered judgment of conviction like a misdemeanor under the agreement.

Hobart man arrested for public indecency

A Hobart man having a history of convictions for sexual offenses continues to be charged in Lake Superior Court with public indecency and criminal recklessness after he allegedly exposed himself to a co-worker and grabbed her buttocks.

Ashley Javon Toney, 22, of the first block of Michigan Avenue, is faced with exposing himself to a co-worker at Burger King, 715 N. Hobart Road, on May 12. The woman told police at about 9:15 p.m. she attended clean the men¡¯s bathroom in the restaurant. Toney entered the restroom, stood to the side of her and asked her to ¡°look only at that.¡± The lady told police she ignored Toney and continued cleaning. Toney informed her to ¡°look at this¡± a second time and might see him from the corner of her eye holding his penis in his hand, the probable cause affidavit states. Toney then grabbed her buttocks and squeezed. The girl said Toney tried the same principle at least five times previously and reported the incident to her supervisor.

In December, Judge Clarence Murray sentenced Toney to a few years, with one year executed and a couple years suspended and served on probation for voyeurism and sexual battery. Toney also is on probation in Porter County for two counts of sexual battery, criminal confinement, public indecency and criminal recklessness.