(La Porte, IN) - A suspected drug house in La Porte has been condemned by the city.  The house at 610 Fremont Street will also be torn down.

Those are among the details revealed about a residence where police were called on variance complaints more than 30 times in recent months. 

“The 34 calls range from trespassing, burglary, theft, numerous drug calls from where neighbors are seeing drug activity,” said La Porte Code Enforcement Director Jeff Batchelor.

 

Batchelor said drug dealing was suspected at the residence based on the frequency of vehicles coming and going from that location. 

Mayor Tom Dermody says such action has been taken before and will again in the future, if necessary.

“We are going to win the war on drugs and all of the other bad behavior from people who don’t want to follow the rules,” he said.

Dermody also said there’s already a new owner who plans to tear down the single story residential structure.

By ordinance, the city has authority to condemn a house declared a public nuisance from repeated calls involving criminal activity to emergency responders over a period of time.