Police in Gary, Indiana arrested a man this week on charges that he beat a 2-year-old boy to death. As detailed in a probable cause affidavit by Gary police Detective Gary Runde, officers were called Monday to a home in the 300 block of Arthur Street in Gary for a report that the toddler,

Ricky D. Larkin, 32, is charged with the murder of 2-year-old Je'Loni Smith in a Gary, Indiana home, initially claiming the boy drowned in a bathtub. The boy’s body was dry, with significant injuries from blunt force trauma, and a conspicuously placed ...

A man has been charged with murder for allegedly beating a two-year-old boy to death Monday in Gary. Ricky Larkin, 32, of Matteson, is accused of killing Je’Loni Smith after police arrived to a home in the 300 block of Arthur Street in Gary.