Page 4 - Philipp Simon News Today

Chicago defense attorney Jonathan S. Bedi argued in a court memorandum that the federal law prohibiting felons from possessing firearms violates the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment.

This weeks local crime and court updates from The Times.

U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon imposed a 20-year sentence Tuesday on 28-year-old Joshua Jensen.

U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon imposed a 37-month sentence Tuesday on 26-year-old Khalil A. Swader who pleaded guilty Nov. 10 to being a felon in possession of a

An agreed order submitted Tuesday would settle the federal lawsuit.

The Gary Common Council is facing a federal lawsuit over failing to redistrict.

“The ball was dropped. I’m just trying to protect us going forward."

HAMMOND — A federal judge has imprisoned a Chicago man for two homicides committed for a street gang whose crimes reached into Northwest Indiana.

U.S. District Court Judge Philip P Simon imposed a two-year period of probation Thursday on 31-year-old Deanna Washington.

U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon imposed a 60-month sentence.