Police in Portage are investigating the report of a strong-arm robbery in the 54-hundred block of Central Avenue Saturday night. Authorities say a man entered South Shore Liquors and allegedly took money out of a container used for charity donations, then removed money from the cash register. A Porter County officer and K-9 tried to track the suspect, but police say the scent was lost on the north side of Central Avenue between Dombey Road and Hickory Street.

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