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Philpot sentenced to 18 months for public corruption
HAMMOND | Former Lake County Clerk Thomas Philpot was sentenced to 18 months in prison Thursday for stealing thousands of dollars in public child support incentive funds over which he had control.
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Spotlight switches from Philpot to jury selection
HAMMOND | Lawyers in the federal fraud trial of Thomas Philpot begin the job today of finding a jury that is impartial, if not unfamiliar, with a man who has spent two decades in the public eye.
Lake County officials being lined up for Philpot trial
CROWN POINT | Lake County Coroner Thomas Philpot may have to confront fellow county government officials and former employees in his upcoming fraud trial.
Hammond attorney's new government contract may be in doubt
CROWN POINT | Lake County officials are being advised to back away from giving a new consulting contract to an attorney whom embattled Coroner Thomas Philpot claims misled him into pocketing federal money that is now the subject of a political corruption charge.
Official second-guesses contract renewal
CROWN POINT | Lake County officials renewed a consulting contract Wednesday with an attorney who embattled Coroner Thomas Philpot claims misled him into pocketing federal money that is the subject of a political corruption charge.
MARK KIESLING: Mr. Philpot, you should've known better
If your lawyer told you it was safe to fling yourself into the Grand Canyon, I doubt many of you would take the advice.
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