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Joel Williams Jr., 57, was connected to the crime when DNA evidence from the victims backlogged rape kit was finally submitted for testing in May 2018.

When Prosecutor Bernie Carter first was appointed to the office in December 1993, he was not necessarily looking for a new job. Now, 30 years later, it is a position he cannot imagine leaving unless voters decide it is his time. “I don’t look at myself as a politician. I do look at myself as intrinsically involved in the criminal justice system. I will continue to be prosecutor as long as ...

The Lake County Sheriff filed a motion Thursday night to ask for clarification on a judges order related to access to certain records in his criminal case.

Melissa Martinez confirmed in the May 18, 2022 deposition that she saw her husband drinking during a Sept. 18, 2021, breast cancer benefit at Buddy & Pals Place.

The questions purportedly relate to information collected in a deposition by Martinezs spouse that attorneys said is confidential to "marital privilege."

Lake County’s Democratic Party chairman confirmed this week there have been behind the scenes machinations among some in the party for a possible caucus succession plan in the event of a felony conviction of Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. Martinez is facing Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement and misdemeanor reckless driving charges stemming from a Sept. 18, 2021 incident when Crown Point ...

If convicted, Martinez would lose his position as sheriff.

A detective Tuesday said the Crown Point man accused of allegedly operating a puppy mill in violation of his probation agreement appears to have set up shop just two months after he signed the June 2020 probation deal prohibiting him from doing so.

Ricky A. Scott III, 25, had the murder charges against him dismissed Thursday. He was accused of murdering Uriel Arambula at a Hammond tire shop in 2020.

A judge has struck down a portion of a state law that prevented Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr., and all individuals under indictment, from carrying a handgun in public.