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Robbery Suspect Captured in Chase

(LaPorte, IN) - A robbery suspect is in custody following a high-speed chase from LaPorte County to Porter County.  The suspect is 25-year-old Jerry Valencia of Elkhart. Police say the robbery occurred Tuesday evening at Family Express at Johnson Road and U.S 35 in LaPorte. The chase went westbound on the Indiana Toll Road then southbound on U.S 421. The pursuit ended in Valparaiso. Valencia is charged with robbery and other counts and was being held In the LaPorte County Jail on $15,000 bond.

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