FBI Raids Hobart Paragon Restaurant Amid Indiana Gambling Probe
Federal agents were seen at Paragon restaurant in Hobart on Wednesday as part of the fbi raid hobart paragon restaurant tied to an ongoing investigation. The indictment was unsealed the same day after agents were seen at multiple locations throughout the Region.
Gino's Steakhouse in Merrillville
Agents with the FBI, Internal Revenue Service and Indiana State Police were present as federal agents conducted activity Wednesday at two Northwest Indiana restaurants. One of those locations was Gino's Steakhouse at 600 E. Lincoln Hwy. in Merrillville, where federal agents were raiding the restaurant Wednesday morning.
On April 29, FBI agents carried boxes and crates from storage units at Gino's Steakhouse. Workers with Suburban Door Check & Lock Service also cut open a locked storage container behind the restaurant that day, and FBI agents removed items that appear to be evidence from that container.
Paragon Restaurant in Hobart
Agents were also seen at Paragon restaurant in Hobart on Wednesday. The activity there, like the work in Merrillville, was part of a court-authorized investigation that was described as ongoing when the indictment was unsealed.
The case reached two Northwest Indiana restaurants on the same day, linking the Hobart and Merrillville activity to the same federal inquiry. For customers and workers at either site, the immediate change was the presence of federal agents and the unsealing of the indictment tied to the operation.
Wednesday's Unsealed Indictment
The 87-page indictment was unsealed Wednesday. It followed federal activity seen across the Region and tied the operation to a multistate gambling case involving a Northwest Indiana restaurateur and more than 20 others.
The document and the field activity together left one practical fact in place for readers: the probe had already moved beyond a single site and into multiple restaurant locations on the same day. The visible searches at Gino's Steakhouse and Paragon restaurant showed where federal investigators chose to focus first.
