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The state conceded the plea agreements were illusory, because they subjected Pichon and Howard to five more years in prison than each would have received had they gone to trial,

Pichons boyfriend, 32-year-old Donnell Howard Jr. of Highland, Indiana, then led police on a chase that ended when his car collided with another vehicle in Hammond, killing Chambers and seriously injuring her grandmother, Theresa Paramo. A 13-year-old girl was killed and her grandmother critically injured when an SUV being chased by police in northwest Indiana slammed into their vehicle on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Lauren Petty reports. Howard and Pichon each pleaded guilty ...

A $1.2M settlement was reached over a high-speed Hammond and East Chicago police chase that ended in a crash that killed 13-year-old Julianna Chambers.

CROWN POINT — An attorney for a Whiting family said this week a $1.2 million settlement was reached in a federal lawsuit against East Chicago, Hammond and five of the cities police officers involved in a deadly pursuit four years ago. The high-speed chase Feb. 15, 2017, resulted in the death of 13-year-old Julianna Chambers and severely injured her grandmother Theresa Paramo. "Our primary concern was not only to provide compensation to the family for the indescribable harm they suffered, b...