Prosecutors concede 3 Buncich convictions should be vacated
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — Federal prosecutors concede there wasn’t enough evidence to convict former Lake County Sheriff John Buncich on three of the five wire...
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Additional counts filed against indicted Lake County sheriff
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana sheriff awaiting trial on corruption charges now faces two additional counts of wire fraud. Federal prosecutors filed a...
Feds: Retired officer was crucial in Indiana bribery probe
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A federal prosecutor says a retired police officer was instrumental in an investigation that led to bribery charges against a northwestern...
Sheriff says mother of baby abandoned in Indiana identified
LOWELL, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana sheriff says investigators in his department have identified the mother of a newborn infant found abandoned in a...
Lake County councilman seeks federal probe in man’s jail death
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A councilman in northwestern Indiana’s Lake County is calling for a federal investigation into a man’s death at the county’s...