LaPorte Police announced May 14, 2015, that they have arrested a 15-year-old LaPorte boy in the stabbing of a man at Stone Lake Beach on May 6.
The boy is charged with Battery with a Deadly Weapon, a Level 5 felony. He was being housed in the LaPorte County Juvenile Services Center.
On May 6, police were dispatched to the beach at about 7:31 p.m. and found a 20-year-old LaPorte man being attended to by bystanders. The man, who was responsive and bleeding, had sustained puncture wounds to his back and was transported to IU Health LaPorte Hospital.
Police said some type of physical altercation had occurred between the victim and several teen males on the beach, during which time the victim was stabbed.