Magistrate rejects prosecutors’ bid to jail man in ‘Greek’ gambling ring
A federal magistrate rejected prosecutors’ bid to send an alleged top operative in a Northwest Indiana-based illegal betting ring back to jail.
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Lawyer denounces ‘cherry-picked’ bid to re-jail man in ‘Greek’ gambling ring
Dean Gialamas, 62, of Naperville, has a bond hearing Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Hammond.
Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy charged with neglect
Ean J. Hescher, 38, was charged Tuesday with neglect of a dependent, a Level 6 felony.
Feds detail tangled web of ties in ‘Greek’ gambling ring
After he was indicted as a minor player in an alleged illegal gambling ring based in Northwest Indiana, a judge barred Andrew Nguyen, like the 21 other defendants, from gambling...
Cedar Lake woman gets 15 months for stealing over $100k in PTO funds
A Cedar Lake woman got 15 months in federal prison on May 28 after she admitted stealing $107,000 from two Hanover elementary school PTO funds. Authorities allege she also actively...
‘We were robbed’: Gary man gets 176 years after killing three of wife’s relatives
Two years after Klorya Matthews died, Valerie Price told a courtroom she saw something of herself in her niece. Neither had children, but took an extra interest in their nieces...
Indiana woman who bought gun used in Swedish Hospital shooting denies charge
Olivia Burgos, 23, of La Porte, is charged in the U.S. District Court in Hammond with making a material false statement in the acquisition of a firearm. She pleaded not...
East Chicago man gets 3 years for dealing cocaine in connection with deadly drug buy
After authorities couldn’t prove Theodis Jackson sold the fentanyl that caused Juan Sepulveda’s death, he pleaded guilty to a lower charge for selling cocaine to the man’s friend earlier that...
St. John man convicted of lesser charges in ex-Merrillville quarterback’s slaying
Thurman Atkinson, 20, of St. John, is charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder. He had pleaded not guilty, saying he acted in self-defense.
Lafayette man acquitted in Gary murder
Robert White, 44, was charged with murder in the Sept. 15, 2023 death of Duane Quinn, 39, of Gary. He was found not guilty after less than two hours.