MERRILLVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS FOR PILL DEALING
A Merrillville man was sentenced to seven years for dealing fentanyl pills.
Lamario Delgado-Gonzalez, 31, pleaded guilty in August to aiding and abetting the distribution of 100 grams or more of heroin, according to a release. After prison, he would serve four years on supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Dean Lanter wrote Delgado-Gonzalez helped sell 10,000 pills to undercover agents for $9,000 in February 2025.
His defense lawyer Jonathan Bedi wrote in filings his client struggled with several issues, including “a gambling problem.”
Court filings show Delgado-Gonzalez got four years in 2018 after he pleaded guilty to reckless homicide. His 4-year-old nephew, Garrion Glover Jr., died in May 2017 in East Chicago. Glover was fatally shot in the head as his uncle said he slept on the couch in a “‘kush (marijuana) coma,” court records show.
GARY MAN GETS NEARLY 4 YEARS IN GUN DEALING CASE
A Gary man was sentenced earlier this month to nearly 4 years in federal prison after selling a Glock switch to an undercover ATF informant in June 2024, filings show.
DeShawn Mitchell, 20, pleaded guilty in September in the U.S. District Court in Hammond to possession of a machine gun. He got 46 months, with two years on supervised release after prison.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ambris Saravanan wrote in filings that Mitchell “repeatedly” sold weapons to undercover informants. In August, when a buyer said he would kill the man who killed Mitchell’s cousin, he offered to sell him another weapon, then asked if there was “any money” in the shooting.
Defense lawyer Kerry Connor wrote Mitchell was only 18. There was an “uncharged co-defendant” who had the gun Mitchell was selling. One of two informants was a family friend of the uncharged man, she wrote.
HONDURAN MAN SENTENCED IN BANK FRAUD RING
A Honduran man was sentenced this month to nearly three years in prison for his part in an alleged bank fraud ring.
Rosalio Pena Sandres, 45, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of illegal reentry, filings show. He will also pay $533,000 in restitution.
He was recruited into a “Houston-based check fraud ring” to cash fake checks around the country, including in Northwest Indiana and Oklahoma, Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Lupa wrote in filings.
Defense lawyer Arlington Foley represented him. The case was before U.S. District Judge Philip Simon.
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