Lake Station mayor's stepdaughter asked to pay back $37,182

LAKE STATION | A former city court clerk is being asked to pay back $37,182 for unapproved leave payments and the cost of an audit, the State Board of Accounts has determined.

Indicted elected officials face uncertain futures

An East Chicago public official faces a police internal affairs investigation, and council members from Hammond and Gary face possible removal from office in the wake of federal indictments announced this week.

Gary teen gets 18 years for South Shore station robbery

CROWN POINT | A Gary teenager received an 18-year prison term Friday for assaulting and robbing a 68-year-old homeless woman at a South Shore Line station last year.

March trials slated in C.P. purse snatchings

CROWN POINT | A Lake Criminal Court judge ordered a Crown Point man to stand trial in March on charges he robbed two local women in 2010.

Morton basketball coach Chinn faces child seduction charges, denies allegations

HAMMOND | A Morton High School boys varsity basketball coach and teacher was arrested Tuesday on felony charges alleging he engaged in sexual activities with a 17-year-old student.

M'ville man gets life without parole for murder of KFC manager

CROWN POINT | The man who beat to death a Merrillville restaurant manager was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Shorewood Forest shooter to stay out of jail pending appeal

VALPARAISO | Union Township resident Donald Huls can postpone reporting to jail after a judge granted him a delay in his six-month sentence Friday for shooting another man in the foot.

Former Gary school employee acquitted, other to be sentenced next month

CROWN POINT | The attorney representing two former Gary school officials charged with theft said Wednesday their cases have been largely resolved.

Judge denies Union Township man's mistrial request

VALPARAISO | Porter Superior Judge Bill Alexa recently denied a request to toss out a Union Township man's shooting conviction over a comment a prosecutor made during trial.

Attorney files tort claim on behalf of Gary student who claims assault

GARY | An attorney has filed a tort claim against Gary Community School Corp., alerting the district he intends to seek $700,000 on behalf of a 14-year-old Gary student who reportedly was sexually assaulted while her teacher was outside of the classroom.

Prosecutor steps up Choate probe

CROWN POINT | A lawyer representing the sister of 13-year-old Christian Choate is resisting prosecution efforts to question her under oath about her brother's alleged captivity and beating death.

Pabey wants new trial or sentence

HAMMOND | Federally convicted former East Chicago Mayor George Pabey wants either a new trial or a new sentence.

Sister of slain Gary teen Christian Choate back in Indiana

CROWN POINT | After being abandoned by her father and notifying police about her brother Christian Choate's death, Christina Choate had no desire to return to Indiana from Kentucky, according to court documents obtained by The Times.

Judge: Pabey must go to prison

HAMMOND | Former East Chicago Mayor George Pabey must report to prison in about two weeks, a federal judge ordered Friday. Senior Judge James Moody denied Pabey's request to stay out of prison while he appeals his conviction and five-year sentence for conspiring to steal from his city.

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Former East Chicago mayor George Pabey, right, and family members leave the Hammond Federal Court House after Pabey's federal sentencing on Thursday, May 5. A judge sentenced Pabey, 61, to five years in prison and ordered the former chief of police to pay a $60,000 fine for his role in a co…

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Former E.C. Mayor Pabey sentenced to 5 years in prison

HAMMOND| This morning East Chicago's most recent former mayor joined the ranks of about a dozen other city politicians convicted and sentenced of federal crimes. A federal judge sentenced 61-year-old George Pabey to five years in prison and ordered the former chief of police to pay a $60,000 fine.

Former E.C. Mayor Pabey sentenced to 5 years prison

Former East Chicago Mayor George Pabey enters the federal courthouse in Hammond on Thursday for his sentencing hearing on corruption charges.

Former E.C. Mayor Pabey sentenced to 5 years prison

Former East Chicago Mayor George Pabey, along with family members and attorney Scott King, arrives at the Hammond federal courthouse Thursday for his sentencing on corruption charges.

Former E.C. Mayor Pabey sentenced to 5 years prison

Former East Chicago Mayor George Pabey, center, is flanked by his attorney Scott King, left, and wife, Hilda, as he arrives at the Hammond federal courthouse on May 5 for his sentencing on corruption charges.