Philly gun dealer pleads not guilty in alleged Lake County scheme

HAMMOND | A Philadelphia gun dealer pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of conspiring with two former Lake County sheriff's cops in an alleged illegal gun sales scheme.

Former Lake County sheriff's officer sentenced to 2 years for corruption

HAMMOND | A former Lake County Sheriff's Department officer told a federal judge Wednesday that he had done his best to be a good person before he was sentenced to two years in prison on public corruption charges.

Lake County cops take steps toward return to active duty

CROWN POINT | After a year and a half of forced leave, two Lake County police officers are taking steps toward returning to active duty.

Two Lake cops remain in state of arrested development

CROWN POINT | A Lake County police official is challenging Sheriff John Buncich's authority to banish two veteran police officers from active duty but keep them on the public payroll.

Two indicted sheriff's officers change to guility pleas in federal court

HAMMOND | Two of three indicted Lake County sheriff's officers changed their pleas to guilty Tuesday in Hammond federal court, acknowledging they could face maximum sentences ranging from 11 to 33 years in prison.

3 indicted officers face judge

HAMMOND | The three Lake County sheriff's officers who were indicted Thursday on federal corruption charges entered not guilty pleas Friday and walked out of the federal courthouse after signing a $20,000 appearance bond.

VIDEO: Lake County Coroner, Sheriff's officers indicted

Times reporter Sarah Tompkins brings you to the latest from the federal courthouse where U.S. Attorney David Capp announced that Lake Couny Coroner Thomas Philpot and Lake County Sheriff's officers Joseph Kumstar, Edward Kabella and Ronald Slusser have been indicted in separate incidents.

MARK KIESLING: Indictments deliver one-two punch to local Dems

With a pair of indictments handed out Thursday by the U.S attorney in Hammond, the federal government has dealt what could be a devastating one-two punch to the Democratic power structure in Lake County.

Lake County officials find public corruption indictment sad and untimely

CROWN POINT | Lake County political and law enforcement circles immediately registered shock and regret after the indictment Thursday of Coroner Thomas Philpot and three county police officers on public corruption charges.

Document: Federal indictments against Lake County Sheriff's officers

Read the federal indictments against Lake County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Joseph R. Kumstar and officers Edward O. Kabella and Ronald D. Slusser.

Cops under investigation oversaw maligned jail fund

Two Lake County sheriff's officers named as targets in a federal investigation oversaw a department discretionary fund that went nearly unchecked in the past several years.

Feds looking at machine gun sales by county cop?

CROWN POINT | A federal investigation into Lake County police may focus on improper Internet resale of machine gun and other restricted firearm components acquired under the department's name.

Kuyachich denies being inquiry target

CROWN POINT | Former Lake County Police Chief Marco Kuyachich denies he is a target of a reported federal investigation of illicit gun sales within the Sheriff's Department, according to his attorney.

MARK KIESLING: County cop probe a lose-lose for Dominguez

How much political fallout comes from the federal investigation into six Lake County sheriff's police officers remains to be seen.

No arrests reported yet for six Lake officers targeted by feds

CROWN POINT | The six Lake County sheriff's officers under federal investigation were not under arrest as of Wednesday, a source close to the investigation said.

EDITORIAL: Stop 'whoopings,' learn from audits

Lake and Porter counties have something in common that neither should desire. Each was scolded in the latest round of audits by the State Board of Accounts for the way the public's money has been handled.

State chides Lake officials over bookkeeping

CROWN POINT | State auditors criticized Lake County officials for sloppy bookkeeping that resulted in overpaying a high-ranking county policeman and uncontrolled spending on emergency 911 call centers.