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CROWN POINT — Authorities were searching for a Gary man sentenced in absentia Friday to 120.5 years in prison for kidnapping a woman from the Gary Metro Center nearly two years ago, repeatedly raping her and forcing her to drive around naked during a five-hour ordeal. Montrelle D. Dubose, 52, failed to show up on the third day of his trial last month, was convicted of 13 criminal counts related the attack and failed to appear in court Friday for his sentencing hearing. Lake Criminal Court Judge Samuel Cappas said Dubose is "the worst of the worst." "Frankly, Mr. Dubose is the epitome of ...

The Times of Northwest Indiana Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr., giving a thumb’s up, and other Hammond residents welcome protesters to the city Saturday. Previous Next Friday, May 07, 2021 1:00 am Furthermore .... Speech debate on parade in Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. welcomed unexpected visitors to Hammond last weekend. A caravan of Trump supporters drove from Evansville to Hammond and back to protest the Democratic mayor's criticism of an anti-Biden flag bearing the F-word. McDermott and a group of about 50 of his supporters stood outside the mayor's home Saturda...

Trump supporters rally outside Indiana mayor's house over flag dispute Kaelan Deese © Provided by Washington Examiner A large group of former President Donald Trump's supporters traveled several hours from Evansville, Indiana, to Hammond to protest outside Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr.’s home over the weekend in response to a flag being flown outside a resident's house. The group, Young Conservatives of Southern Indiana, drove roughly 264 miles to and from the mayor's home on May 1 in response to McDermott's public condemnation of an anti-President Joe Biden flag, according t...

HAMMOND, Indiana — A caravan of Trump supporters traveled hours from Evansville, Indiana, to Hammond to drive by Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr.’s house Saturday afternoon in response to a spat over a flag being flown outside a resident's home. The group, Young Conservatives of Southern Indiana, had made the trip from southern Indiana to the mayor’s home in response to McDermott’s condemnation of an anti-Joe Biden flag containing an expletive. The flag, which was placed on a residence that sits across from a park, violated a Hammond ordinance banning public display of "obscene"...

INDIANAPOLIS — Valparaiso resident Connor Kerner has asked the state Appellate Court to find that Porter County prosecutors improperly played a recording during trial of the two murders he was convicted of carrying out on Feb. 25, 2019, at his grandparents' home near Hebron. The challenge to that recording and another claiming to capture a confession are part of the 19-year-old's appeal of his conviction and 179-year sentence in the killings of Thomas Grill, of Cedar Lake, and Molley Lanham, of St. John. Kerner further argues his lengthy sentence is "inappropriate" for a juvenile and tha...