Ex-Porter County officer charged with wire fraud
Post Tribune
September 24, 2018
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A former Porter County sheriff’s officer is accused of embezzling more than $180,000 from a police organization, court records show.
Lawrence W. LaFlower, 42, of Valparaiso, was charged with one count of wire fraud, according to a release Monday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana.
“Public officials who abuse their positions for personal financial gain will not be tolerated,” U.S. Attorney Thomas Kirsch II said in the release. “My office, with our law enforcement partners, will continue to pursue those who corrupt their office for self-serving motives."
LaFlower entered into a plea agreement with the government and is expected to formally plead guilty in court later this week, the release states.
Between April 2013 and April 2018, LaFlower used his position as the treasurer of the Fraternal Order of Police Ewalt Jahnz Lodge No. 165 to embezzle more than $180,000 from its investment and bank accounts, court records show.
LaFlower was also a lieutenant and public information officer with the sheriff’s office. He resigned in May.
LaFlower’s case was not publicly available in court records Monday afternoon.
The case was investigated by the FBI and Indiana State Police and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Abizer Zanzi.
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