NW Indiana officer charged with raping co- worker
A northwest Indiana officer was indicted Thursday on six charges, including two counts of rape.
An investigation into Nicholas Medarno, 34, started in the fall of 2016 when the Lake County Sheriff’s Department asked Indiana State Police to look into allegations from a co- worker of the officer.
A grand jury indicted Medarno, an officer in Crown Point, with two counts of rape; two counts of confinement; one count of attempted rape; and one count of sexual battery, according to police.