Law Enforcement

K2, Mr. Smiley, Spice: It goes by many names but authorities say no matter what you call it, it's bad news. It's marketed as herbal incense but authorities say K2 is like a synthetic marijuana and the concern is that teens are using it to get high. "They effect the same receptors in the brain but much stronger compounds so that some adverse effects you see with marijuana that you don't notice are much more pronounced and you see these in the people using K2 or spice," says Doctor James Mowry, the Director of the Indiana Poison Center.

Energy drinks give you a boost. Now, there are new products on the other end of the spectrum that help you wind down. This snack does much more than satisfy your sweet tooth. "A lot of adults would pick these up, not even aware of what chemicals or what's in this brownie," said Sergeant Bill Redman with St. Joseph County police. It's called Lazy Cakes for a reason. On the back of the wrapper you need a magnifying glass just to see in very small print that the product may cause drowsiness.

MISHAWAKA-- The Sikh community in our area has a personal connection to Sunday's shooting tragedy in Wisconsin.   Their place of worship is called a Gurdwara and the priest in Mishawaka, is friends with the priest who was shot Sunday - he's visiting the hospital on Tuesday.   On Monday, the Sikh community invited us inside their second home to understand what they're going through.   Their safe haven suddenly became a place of terror on Sunday.

Linda Weldy's family thinks a serial killer is to blame for her murder -- but police are skeptical. Linda was 10-years-old when she was abducted from her bus stop in 1987. Her body was found three weeks later. Her killer is still out there.  Tragedy Its been 26 years since her daughter Linda Weldy was kidnapped and murdered. And Karen Egolf has felt every single minute of those 26 years. "Some days are good and some days are bad," says Egolf, "and they say with time it will heal all wounds -- when something like this happens to your child, it doesn't heal.

ELKHART — The new Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department law enforcement center, including the records division and administration, is now open for business. The building is near the entrance of the county’s criminal justice complex at 26861 County Road 26, just south of the corrections facility. Business hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Visitors enter the building on the west side and have access to information and the records division for appointments, handgun permits and the purchase of records.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Law enforcement officials plan to call on state lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage to more than 300,000 Michigan residents. The group Fight Crime: Invest in Kids and Republican Rep. Matt Lori of Constantine plan to hold an event at the Capitol Tuesday. Members of the group include Lansing Township Police Chief Kay Hoffman. The group says Medicaid coverage for expectant mothers can help prevent children from being born with fetal alcohol syndrome or fetal alcohol effects.

When the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department new law enforcement center opens Thursday in Elkhart, the department’s offices in downtown Goshen will close. Among offices in the new law enforcement center, near the entrance of the Elkhart County Corrections Complex at 26861 C.R. 26, are the records division and administration. Business hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Visitors should enter on the building’s west side. When the sheriff’s department operations at 111 N. Third St. in Goshen close, the only remaining tenant in the four-story jail building will be the Elkhart County juvenile detention center.

Could you - would you - give up using your cellphone while driving? The National Transportation Safety Board wants cellphone use while driving banned. Government records show distracted drivers caused 900,000 accidents last year - killing more than 3,000 people. In St. Joseph County, police reports show in the last year there were five confirmed crashes involving cellphone use. However, investigators believe the actual number of accidents caused by talking on a cellphone or texting is way under-reported.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An investigation has found widespread inconsistency in how Michigan's 10-year-old permissive concealed gun has been implemented and enforced. More than 250,000 Michiganians have concealed weapons permits. A story Sunday in Booth newspapers says that more than half of the 83 counties have failed to comply with annual reporting rules at least once, and many criminals have been allowed to keep their weapons. The law's sponsor was state Sen. Mike Green, and he says that many county prosecutors are falling down on the job. Green says prosecutors who oppose the law have simply decided to ignore their responsibility to enforce it. Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth says prosecutors themselves don't get notice of people pleading guilty to crimes like drunken driving and so can't go after those convicts' weapons permits.

ELKHART COUNTY - Police have arrested two people for one of the handful of cigarette store robberies over the last two weeks in Elkhart County. Nicholas Chaplin, 24, and Abigail Pifer, 19, of Elkhart are behind bars for the holdup at Low Bob's on Cassopolis Street near Simonton Lake on January 25. They were arrested on February 1. Chaplin is being held in the Elkhart County Jail on $100,000 bond, while Pifer is in custody on $75,000 bond. Since their arrest, two other tobacco stories have been robbed, including the same Low Bob's.