Region business busted for selling stolen auto parts, arrest made, police say

WESTVILLE — A Kouts man was taken into custody Thursday and faces accusations of promoting stolen car elements out of his LaPorte County enterprise, police mentioned.

William Scott, 52, faces a felony depend of corrupt enterprise affect, the LaPorte County sheriff’s workplace reported Friday.

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The accusations stem from info obtained throughout a residential housebreaking name through the early morning hours of Might 5, police mentioned.

Police mentioned they realized stolen auto elements have been being taken to and bought by Catalytic Change within the 5600 South block of U.S. 421 in Westville.

Detectives visited the enterprise Might 6 and returned the next day with a search warrant and recovered a number of hundred auto elements, police mentioned.

Three individuals have been taken into custody by the town’s SWAT staff early Tuesday after barricading themselves in an area lodge room by hammering nails into the door and telling officers, “I am fixing the trim.”

Following a number of extra weeks of investigation, Scott was taken into custody Thursday at his enterprise, police mentioned.

Scott was launched from the LaPorte County Jail later that day after a $15,005 money bond was posted on his behalf, police mentioned.

Helping within the case have been Indiana State Police, Westville Police Division, LaPorte County Constructing Fee, Indiana Division of Environmental Administration, Nationwide Insurance coverage Crime Bureau and the LaPorte County prosecuting lawyer’s workplace.