Gary man pleads guilty to firing on victim later killed by co-defendant

CROWN POINT | One of two Gary men charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a third Gary man pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of criminal recklessness.

Alsip man accused in Austgen slaying gets public defender

CROWN POINT | An Alsip man charged in the death of 76-year-old Mary Austgen appeared Friday without legal counsel before Lake Criminal Court Judge Diane Boswell.

Gary man gets 55 years in murder case

CROWN POINT | A Lake Criminal Court judge sentenced a Gary man to 55 years in prison Friday following the defendant's guilty plea to murder while suffering from a mental illness, his attorney confirmed.

Calumet Twp. man again rejects reduced plea in mother's slaying

CROWN POINT | A Calumet Township man accused of murder in the death his 94-year-old mother for the second time on Wednesday publicly rejected pleading guilty to a felony with a maximum sentence of eight years.

Police: Drug dealer admits to stabbing woman found dead

CROWN POINT | Authorities arrested a Gary man Wednesday in connection with the death of a Michigan woman whose body was found in 2011 at the Ivanhoe Nature Conservancy in Lake County.

'For Holly and Fred': Traditions help family cope with loss at Christmas

Christmas dinner with the Hiebers always included cake. Birthday cake.

Man charged in fatal shooting of Gary liquor store owner

CROWN POINT | Prosecutors have charged an Elkhart man with murder in the shooting of a Gary liquor store owner in 2010.

Jury finds Gary man guilty but mentally ill in homicide

CROWN POINT | A Lake County Criminal Court jury deliberated two hours Wednesday before finding a Gary man guilty but mentally ill in a fatal shooting.

Police: Michigan City man killed, mutilated missing woman with ax

CROWN POINT | A repeat offender currently serving time at the Westville Correctional Facility faces unrelated charges in the slaying of a woman whose bones were discovered two years ago in a shallow grave in Gary.

Judge appoints public defender co-counsel in Choate case

CROWN POINT | Hammond attorney Randy Godshalk will continue to go unpaid in his defense of Riley Choate but will be joined by an attorney from the public defender's office.

Cleveland man gets 20 years for deadly stabbing in Gary

CROWN POINT | An Ohio man on Thursday was sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally stabbing a Gary man in 2008.

Gary man admits to fatally shooting friend

CROWN POINT | A Gary man pleaded guilty but mentally ill Tuesday to fatally shooting a friend from the backseat of the man's car in November.

Guilty plea offered in fatal stabbing of Whiting funeral home director

CROWN POINT | The 31-year-old Robertsdale man charged in the slaying of a local funeral home operator pleaded guilty Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter.

Gary man, 28, is sentenced to 45 years in fatal stabbing

CROWN POINT | A 28-year-old Gary man was sentenced Thursday to 45 years in prison for last year's fatal stabbing of Keenan Poe.

Defense scrambles as Choate murder trial approaches

CROWN POINT | Defense lawyers for the father and former step-mother of abuse victim Christian Choate told a judge they are running out of money and time to prepare for next month's murder trial.

M'ville man acquitted of killing infant daughter, convicted of neglect

CROWN POINT | A Merrillville man accused of shaking his infant daughter to death was acquitted of murder Monday but was found guilty on three counts of child neglect.

Court hearing reset for man charged in Highland homicide

CROWN POINT | A hearing Monday for a Highland man charged with murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend was rescheduled.

New attorney, new trial date in Griffith murder case

CROWN POINT | A Griffith man who last month fired his attorney at the start of his murder trial appeared in court Wednesday with a new privately hired attorney in tow.