Officers check on suspicious person near Sam’s Plaza, Merrillville IN
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Suspicious ActivityAs discussed during the dispatch call, police investigated a report of a suspicious man in his forties wearing a blue jacket and jeans, seen searching through garbage cans and dumpsters near Sam’s Plaza, Sam’s Club, and Chuck E. Cheese in Merrillville. The situation appeared nonviolent, and officers checked the area.
Audio|Heard on: Lake IN Law Dispatch Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
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Transcript:
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Search towards Sam's Plaza gas station.
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I guess there is a suspicious male.
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He’s going through all the garbage cans.
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Don’t worry about coming around.
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One hundred and forty-four is clear by the pumps.
00:14
Oh,
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Roger. What one forty-nine? We have a tennis club.
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Suspicious male looking through their garbage cans.
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Marked dumpsters in the back of Sam’s Club and Chuck E. Cheese.
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Cheese.
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Over.
00:28
One thirty-eight, twenty-three on Floyd.
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I copy.
00:34
One seventy-eight years old, that’s all.
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Male in his forties, blue jacket, blue jeans.
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Has a cart with them and another.
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Over.
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Location mentioned:
E 79th Ave, Merrillville, IN 46410
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