Page 12 - John Cantrell News Today

Defense attorney John Cantrell told Judge Natalie Bokota police seized about 30 letters in a raid last week.

The defendant pleaded guilty to some of the charges in March 2021, but a judge rejected his plea agreement.

Adam Martin is the third man to plead guilty in the homicide of 34-year-old Erik Lozano on Dec. 1, 2019, in the parking lot of a BMO Harris bank branch

"We could not have a more innocent victim than a 5-month-old baby who just wants her mother," Lake County Deputy Prosecutor Nadia Wardrip said.

Defendant Javier Mendez, 41, was seen riding in the front passenger seat of the aqua-colored minivan used in the homicide of a 26-year-old East Chicago man, court records allege.

Detectives discovered evidence of the robbery while investigating the June 12, 2019, robbery and shooting death of a 17-year-old Merrillville boy, court records show.

While the attorneys were at the bench, April Wright turned to the probation officer and said, "You just cant let that probation go, can you?"

William D. Galloway Jr., 29, of Gary, is scheduled to face a jury next month on charged linked to a shooting that killed Jonquell Golida, 23, and wounded a second

As the suspects van rounded the corner, its passenger sliding door opened, a gun was pointed out the door and several shots were fired at the victim at point-blank range,

The defendants story the boy was hurt in dirt bike accidents was "pure fiction" and he was "was repeatedly isolated and tortured" by the people "entrusted with his care," a