LaPorte Metro Operations Units Net Two On Dealing Charges

A Kingsford Heights man and a LaPorte man have been arrested for dealing controlled substances.

LaPorte County Metro Operations Unit officials served an arrest warrant last week on Daniel J. Cangiano, 49, and he was arrested without incident at his home in LaPorte. He was charged with Dealing a Schedule II Controlled Substance, a Class A Felony. He is currently being housed in the LaPorte County Jail. His bond has been set at $100,000.

On Wednesday, Metro Operations investigators located and arrested 29-year-old Kristopher A. O’Rourke at his residence in Kingsford Heights. He was arrested on two counts of Dealing in a Schedule II Controlled Substance as a Class B Felony. He is being held in the LaPorte County Jail on a $35,000 bond.

The Metro Operations unit has been identifying and targeting those who have been distributing controlled substances and illegal narcotics in LaPorte County. More arrests are anticipated as police continue in their investigations.