Wanted: Robert G. Jones

Porter County Crime Stoppers is offering up to $250 for information leading to the arrest of Robert G. Jones, 23, who was last seen in Lake County.

Jones is 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighs 145 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He has scars on his left thigh and left eye.

He stole and forged checks in Portage in 1997 and was convicted and put on probation. He violated the probation by forging another check in Schererville in 1999.

Anyone with information about Jones is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 342-7867.

Driver can't believe police would arrest him

PINE TWP. -- A Porter man who was arrested Thursday morning on a drunken driving charge told police he didn't like that police arrested him.

"This is messed up," the man told police.

"Guys drink a lot more than me and drive home. And there are guys selling drugs in Michigan City. And I have one drink and I'm going to jail?"