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A judge will soon make the call whether Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez would be able to carry a handgun while under criminal indictment.

Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. appears to be out of options for continuing to postpone his trial on charges of resisting law enforcement and misdemeanor reckless driving.

After exhausting all avenues in his appeals for a dismissal, Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. is now the closest he’s been to facing trial for his 2021 traffic charges.

Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. is asking Indianas highest court to dismiss a criminal indictment accusing him of felony resisting law enforcement and misdemeanor reckless driving.

A Highland woman charged with killing her boyfriend with an SUV is scheduled for a mental competency hearing to check her fitness to stand trial.

The status conference is scheduled for 2 p.m. Feb. 2 before Lake Superior Judge John Sedia at the county courts building in Hammond.

The status conference is scheduled for 2 p.m. Feb. 2 before Lake Superior Judge John Sedia at the county courts building in Hammond.

Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. wants his gun back, and his attorneys say Indiana’s Constitution allows him to have it.

The trial court that denied Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez’s motion to dismiss charges of reckless driving and resisting law enforcement was proper, and the state is allowed to refile charges if they’re dismissed, according to the Indiana Attorney General’s office.

Eric S. Hummel, 38, shot and killed his 9-year-old daughter in 2017 while talking to his sons about gun safety.