MARK KIESLING: Another sheriff's officer back in the saddle

Tuesday afternoon was Day One back on the job after more than 500 paid days off for Lake County Sheriff's Police Lt. Mike Reilly.

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.

MARK KIESLING: Fed sheriff's probe hits auditor's office

Federal investigators are continuing their probe of the Lake County Sheriff's Department, serving subpoenas on the county auditor this past week.

MARK KIESLING: Methinks Kuyachich doth protest too much

News reports say former Lake County Sheriff's Department Police Chief Marco Kuyachich is contemplating suing the county for defamation of character.

MARK KIESLING: Source: Records seized at Lake sheriff's office

It's more than a rumor now — the feds have hit the Lake County Sheriff's Department with subpoenas, according to sources close to the investigation.

MARK KIESLING: Rumors abound about new sheriff's indictments

Talk within the Lake County Sheriff's Department is that there are more federal indictments in the pipe.

MARK KIESLING: Sheriff's money is gone, but not forgotten

Thousands upon thousands of public dollars were spent on some things I find highly questionable in the Lake County sheriff's office during 2010.

MARK KIESLING: Sheriff's gun sale probe expanding

I'm sure this comes as no surprise, but the investigation into the illicit sale of guns by several members of the Lake County Sheriff's Department is expanding.

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.

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.

Suspension for six Lake officers remains in place

CROWN POINT | Six Lake County police officers remain suspended with pay in the wake of a federal corruption investigation despite one sheriff's Merit Board member's effort Thursday to reinstate them.

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.

Investigated cop played gun auction expert

The owner of a Hobart auction firm temporarily is cutting ties with a Lake County police officer under federal watch, but called his colleague a "trustworthy guy."

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.

Former Lake County police chief joins rank and file

CROWN POINT | A former Lake County police chief now is employed among the rank and file dealing with jail inmates.

Police: Woman shot while driving

MERRILLVILLE | Lake County authorities said Wednesday they are investigating who shot a Lakes of the Four Seasons woman in the head Monday night while she was driving on Randolph Street, north of Winfield.