Valparaiso man gets 14 years in DUI death

CROWN POINT | A Valparaiso man found guilty in the death of a road service worker killed while fixing a tire on I-65 was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison.

Jury finds Cleary guilty on all counts in I-65 death

CROWN POINT | A Lake County jury deliberated for about two hours Tuesday before finding a Valparaiso man guilty of driving drunk and causing the death of a Hebron man fixing a flat tire on Interstate 65.

Cleary DUI trial ongoing

CROWN POINT | Closing arguments were expected Monday, the eighth day of a Valparaiso man's retrial on drunken driving charges linked to the 2010 death of a road service worker from Hebron.

Prosecutors again open DUI death case against Valpo businessman

CROWN POINT | Prosecutors on Thursday launched a second attempt to persuade a Lake County jury to hold a Valparaiso man responsible for a traffic crash on Interstate 65 nearly two years ago that left a Hebron road service worker dead.

Valparaiso businessman's DUI death retrial begins

CROWN POINT | Jury selection in the retrial of Valparaiso businessman Jeffery Cleary was scheduled to have begun Monday, but instead kicked off Wednesday.

Valparaiso man to be retried on charges alleging he caused DUI death

CROWN POINT | A Valparaiso man will be retried in a fatal crash on Interstate 65 that killed a road service worker who was fixing a flat tire on a semitrailer.

Man must perform public penance for skipping jury selection

CROWN POINT | A man who had been called for jury duty in early December in a fatal drunken driving case was sentenced Monday for failing to sit out jury selection.

Judge sets hearing for Valpo man accused of DUI death

CROWN POINT | The next hearing for a Valparaiso man whose drunken driving trial ended with jurors deadlocked on major charges is set for Jan. 30.

Jury to deliberate fatal accident charges

CROWN POINT | A Lake Criminal Court jury is expected to begin deliberating Wednesday whether a Valparaiso man killed a man last year while driving drunk.

Valparaiso man on trial in I-65 fatality

CROWN POINT | A Valparaiso man with prior drunken driving convictions is on trial in connection with a I-65 crash in which a road service worker was crushed between his pickup and a semitrailer while fixing a tire.