Person of interest in custody after 14-year-old girl stabbed in northwest Indiana

LOWELL, Ind. - A person of interest is in custody after a 14-year-old girl was stabbed at a baseball game in unincorporated Lowell Saturday afternoon. 

The Lake County Sheriff's Office said 26-year-old Dimas Gabriel Yanes was taken into custody Sunday. 

The girl was stabbed in the hand while watching her brother's baseball game at the fields by the VFW hall around 3:45 p.m. at 17401 Morse St., according to the Lake County Sheriff.

Yanes was described as being approximately 5'6" and 150 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. Authorities said that Yanes should be considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached by the public. 

Multiple law enforcement agencies participated in the search throughout Lake County.