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Judge rejects plea deal in 117-mph crash that split vehicle near U.S. 30, sent baby flying in car seat
Judge Gina Jones rejected Stuart Roane’s plea deal Tuesday, ordering him to undergo a mental competency evaluation.
Former Munster school officials could get trial in civil case
The case against two former Munster school administrators accused of engineering a scheme to overpay themselves $850,000 largely in retirement annuities may be headed for a civil trial.
Court news: Gary man acquitted in attempted murder case
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Gary man convicted in Little Caesar’s slaying
A jury convicted a Gary man Friday for shooting a man dead inside a Little Caesar’s on Garfield Street in Gary.
Ex-Lake County Community Corrections officer charged after sexual relationship with inmate
Text messages appeared to show a former Lake County Community Corrections officer was in a sexual relationship with a work release inmate.
Schererville daughter’s addiction was a ‘war’ they ‘lost,’ father says
Timothy Anderson told a court Wednesday he was reluctant to speak of his grief over his daughter Sara’s overdose death.
Trial starts for man accused of strangling, shooting at woman
Antoine Lyons, 40, of Gary, is charged with nine felonies, including attempted murder and one misdemeanor. He has pleaded not guilty.
Man on trial for retaliatory slaying at Gary pizzeria
About a month before Kejuan Patton’s death, he allegedly helped beat up Jami Long and take his gun. Then, during a chance encounter at a Little Caesar’s in Gary on...
DeMotte man pleads guilty to defrauding $365k from Medicaid for fake dental surgeries
Two brothers pleaded guilty Friday in federal court after admitting using their father’s dentistry to bill Medicaid for $365,000 from 2015 to October 2017 for surgeries that never happened.