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Stranger handed crying child to parents
BY KATHLEEN QUILLIGAN
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219.662.5331 | Tuesday, April 08, 2008 | 56 comment(s)
CROWN POINT | Ryan Mack said he thought he was dreaming when he saw a stranger holding his 2-year-old daughter, Nova, at the foot of his bed early Friday morning.
"I even told the guy, 'Thank you,'" Mack said when he was given his daughter. "Then I was frozen with fear. ... I've seen movies. I watch the news."
The stranger, Ricardo Arriaga, 24, of Crown Point, told Mack he was walking by when he heard the girl crying, Mack said. Police said Arriaga entered the house in the 100 block of North West Street about 3 a.m., picked up Nova and took her to her parents' room. He then nudged Mack awake, handed over the child and left, police said.
When Mack and his wife realized what had happened, they called 911.
Crown Point Assistant Police Chief Jim Janda said Arriaga, of the 100 block of North Court Street, was arrested Friday. The suspect had a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.15, Janda said.
Although he was arrested on a public intoxication charge, Janda said it is possible Lake County prosecutors could add charges such as residential entry or trespassing.
The home's back door had been left unlocked that night because Mack's roommate wasn't home yet, Mack said.
Mack said his daughter hasn't slept through the night since the incident, and he now has installed extra alarms in the house.
"Even if it was an honest mistake, sorry, you get one chance with me," Mack said. "As soon as he touched the little girl, that's where I draw the line."
While Janda said the incident was fairly unique, intoxicated people entering homes happens more often than some people would think -- about once a month in Crown Point.
"It's just something that happens when you leave your door unlocked," Janda said. "Lock your doors at night and always have your doors locked, even when you're at home."
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I live a few miles from this city, and it does have the reputation of being one of the "nicer" suburbs, so people are known to leave their doors unlocked and what not. Ironically, Public Enemies was just shot there. I NEVER leave my **** open or unlocked.
BY KATHLEEN QUILLIGAN
[email protected]
219.662.5331 | Tuesday, April 08, 2008 | 56 comment(s)
CROWN POINT | Ryan Mack said he thought he was dreaming when he saw a stranger holding his 2-year-old daughter, Nova, at the foot of his bed early Friday morning.
"I even told the guy, 'Thank you,'" Mack said when he was given his daughter. "Then I was frozen with fear. ... I've seen movies. I watch the news."
The stranger, Ricardo Arriaga, 24, of Crown Point, told Mack he was walking by when he heard the girl crying, Mack said. Police said Arriaga entered the house in the 100 block of North West Street about 3 a.m., picked up Nova and took her to her parents' room. He then nudged Mack awake, handed over the child and left, police said.
When Mack and his wife realized what had happened, they called 911.
Crown Point Assistant Police Chief Jim Janda said Arriaga, of the 100 block of North Court Street, was arrested Friday. The suspect had a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.15, Janda said.
Although he was arrested on a public intoxication charge, Janda said it is possible Lake County prosecutors could add charges such as residential entry or trespassing.
The home's back door had been left unlocked that night because Mack's roommate wasn't home yet, Mack said.
Mack said his daughter hasn't slept through the night since the incident, and he now has installed extra alarms in the house.
"Even if it was an honest mistake, sorry, you get one chance with me," Mack said. "As soon as he touched the little girl, that's where I draw the line."
While Janda said the incident was fairly unique, intoxicated people entering homes happens more often than some people would think -- about once a month in Crown Point.
"It's just something that happens when you leave your door unlocked," Janda said. "Lock your doors at night and always have your doors locked, even when you're at home."
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I live a few miles from this city, and it does have the reputation of being one of the "nicer" suburbs, so people are known to leave their doors unlocked and what not. Ironically, Public Enemies was just shot there. I NEVER leave my **** open or unlocked.
He was obviously performing a public sevice. 
