The Shipshewana Police Department is investigating an armed robbery at the Van Buren Hotel that happened early Saturday morning. Police say the female suspect was armed with a machete.

Police and the La Grange County Sheriff’s Department arrived to the scene at approximately 1 a.m. and began searching for the suspect.

Witnesses told police a woman wearing a ski mask and dark clothing entered the lobby of the hotel armed with a large machete. She threatened the employee and demanded money.

She left the hotel with an undisclosed amount of money and got into an older model car with a second suspect inside, reports said.
The vehicle headed north on SR 5.

If you have any information in this case, please contact the Shipshewana Police Department at 260-768-4310.

Police were called to the Van Buren Hotel at approximately 1 a.m. following the robbery and a