Two Lake County events spotlight domestic violence
Domestic violence will be the subject of two events being held this week in northwest Indiana to raise awareness about violence between spouses and intimate partners.
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Doctor must face civil trial in 2013 Lake County Jail death
A physician must face trial on a federal lawsuit alleging he was deliberately indifferent to the physical and mental illnesses of a man who died in 2013 after spending nearly four months in the Lake County Jail awaiting trial.
NAACP asserts new state laws disenfranchise Indiana voters
Within two weeks, the state of Indiana got hit with two lawsuits challenging new voter laws which the plaintiffs say are disenfranchising Hoosiers at the polls.
After Lake sheriff’s conviction, police chief takes over
The chief of the Lake County Sheriff’s Department says he’s working toward a smooth transition of power after the corruption conviction and removal from office of former Sheriff John Buncich.
Federal jury convicts Lake County sheriff in bribery case
A northwestern Indiana sheriff has been found guilty in a fraud and bribery trial involving an illegal towing scheme.
Lake County sheriff’s wire fraud, bribery case goes to jury
Jurors in northwest Indiana have started deliberations in the trial of a county sheriff accused of soliciting bribes in an illegal towing scheme.
Lake sheriff denies wrongdoing in federal bribery trial
A northwestern Indiana sheriff on trial for federal bribery charges is blaming sloppy bookkeeping for $7,500 he received from a towing company operator not showing up in his political campaign account.
NAACP sues Indiana, alleges law targets black, Latino voters
The NAACP is suing Indiana officials to block a new state law that the civil rights group says would discriminate against black and Latino voters in heavily populated Lake County by consolidating voting precincts.
Sheriff’s lawyer tells jurors FBI invented bribery case
A lawyer for a northwestern Indiana sheriff on trial for federal bribery charges told jurors that the FBI tried to buy a crime where one didn’t exist.
Jury awards $375K to woman alleging officer assaulted her
A U.S. District Court jury has awarded $375,000 to a Lake County woman who accused a police officer of sexually assaulting her.
Lake County courts increase probate availability
The judges of the circuit and superior courts in Lake County are seeking to improve the availability and efficiency of the county’s probate court services by offering increased availability of probate commissioners in one central location.
Summary judgment for Lake County affirmed in age discrimination case
A group of retired Lake County employees who were fired from part-time, at-will work in order to preserve the county’s financial and health insurance situation cannot succeed on their age discrimination claim against the county because the employees’ age was not the predicate factor in their firing, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
15-year-old Indiana girl charged with murder in mom’s death
Prosecutors have charged a 15-year-old Indiana girl with murder in the fatal stabbing of her mother.
Man found incompetent for trial in Lake Co. strangulations
A handyman facing murder charges for fatally strangling two Lake County women has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial.
Lake County sheriff granted summary judgment in deputy sexual assault case
A northern Indiana sheriff has been cleared of liability relating to an alleged sexual assault of a Lake County resident by a sheriff’s deputy after a magistrate judge concluded the alleged victim failed to present evidence that the sheriff had a duty to her.
Judge gives man convicted in Gary slaying 147-year term
A judge has sentenced a man to 147 years in prison after he was convicted in the drug-related slaying of a man in Gary three years ago.
COA: Suspended attorney’s failure to litigate attributable to client
A now-suspended attorney’s repeated failure to communicate with his client and litigate her case was a failure directly attributable to the client and, thus, made the opposing party entitled to summary judgment, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
Indiana sues 2 former school administrators for $3M
The Indiana Attorney General's office is suing two former Munster school administrators for more than $3 million, alleging the pair misappropriated, illegally retained or fraudulently obtained public funds.
2 Indiana judges graduate from judicial college
Two northwest Indiana judges graduated last week from The National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada.
Ruling for doctor reversed in inmate’s gluten-free diet suit
A doctor made “misleading, inaccurate, and perhaps even false statements” in an inmate’s lawsuit that alleges the doctor intentionally failed to provide a medically prescribed gluten-free diet, a northern Indiana federal judge has ruled.