Article compliments of Northwest Indiana Times

Fire Department paramedic Ron Reed Jr. and his fiancée Jamie Monhaut apparently wanted to make sure the department's first firefighter's ball was a memorable one.
It wasn't enough that Reed, 29, was honored with the EMT/Medic of the Year Award.
He and Monhaut topped the dining, dancing and awards ceremony with a surprise wedding.
Near the end of the event, Porter County Sheriff Chief Deputy Dave Lain "arrested" Reed, South Haven Fire Chief Doug Patton said.
Handcuffed, Reed was led to a makeshift altar in front of Porter Superior Court Judge Julia Jent, who was also in attendance. Patton walked the bride down the aisle. Reed, still handcuffed, and Monhaut, 27, of Portage were married. Lain presented the new Mrs. Reed with the key to the handcuffs and gave her the choice as to whether or not she should unlock the cuffs.
She unlocked the handcuffs, Reed said Monday, adding that he and his new bride had decided to arrange the surprise wedding about two weeks before the firefighter's ball.
"We figured our family and everybody who are close to us would be there," Reed said, adding he and his new wife have been together for eight years. She's a clerk for the Visiting Nurses Association in Valparaiso.
The couple only let a few people know.
"I told my parents because they weren't coming," Reed said. His dad, Ron Reed Sr., is a full-time paramedic at Merrillville and part-time at South Haven. He was scheduled to work in Merrillville Saturday night and had to get someone to cover his shift to attend the wedding.
Before the surprise wedding, the department handed out awards to members and citizens.
Rondy Solivais, of Portage Township, received the Citizen of the Year Award. Early the morning of April 4, 2004 Solivais pulled the victim of a car accident to safety before firefighters arrived on the scene......