05142018 - News Article - Source says former Porter County cop being investigated in connection with $200K missing from FOP - Officer Larry LaFlower

Source says former Porter County cop being investigated in connection with $200K missing from FOP
NWI Times
May 14, 2018
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/source-says-former-porter-county-cop-being-investigated-in-connection/article_34634a89-df95-5581-a529-bb1f74566c4d.html

VALPARAISO — Porter County Sheriff's officer Larry LaFlower, who resigned Tuesday, is reportedly being investigated in connection with an estimated $200,000 missing from a Fraternal Order of Police fund, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.

Indiana State Police spokeswoman Sgt. Ann Wojas would not confirm that LaFlower is the target of the investigation, but said the funds were reported missing by the Porter County FOP.

Investigators are working to determine the exact amount of money missing, she said.

No charges have been filed and the investigation is expected to continue for a few more weeks, Wojas said.

The sheriff's department confirmed LaFlower's resignation and referred all further questions to the Indiana State Police.

LaFlower had previously served as public information officer for the county department and was on the board of directors for the Porter County Substance Abuse Council.

He was credited in 2015 with helping to save a woman suffering a potentially fatal drug overdose. He successfully administered an effective dose of naloxone, which quickly neutralizes the effect of heroin and other opioids such as vicodin, oxycontin, percocet and morphine.