Becky Jacobs

Dyer man gets 18 months in prison for death threats sent to Hammond, Chicago women’s clinics

May 14, 2019 at 9:48 p.m.

A Dyer man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for sending death threats to women's reproductive health clinics in Chicago and Hammond. Luke Daniel Wiersma, 35, pleaded guilty in...

Postal worker: Sketch was ‘best I could remember’ of man spotted running from 1999 double homicide

May 13, 2019 at 10:37 p.m.

A U.S. postal worker was parked near Michigan Street and Calumet Avenue along her route in Hammond when she saw a man "running at full speed." "I immediately knew he...

Man once sentenced to 100 years found guilty on 5 counts in new trial

May 12, 2019 at 1:35 p.m.

A jury found a man charged with breaking into his neighbor's apartment in 2014 and forcing her to engage in sexual acts guilty on five counts. The jury reached its...

Judge: Animal control, police improperly entered St. John dog training facility in 2017

May 10, 2019 at 5:41 p.m.

Police did not have proper permission to enter a St. John dog training facility in 2017, so everything that came from later search warrants cannot be used an upcoming trial,...

Gary man charged with attempted murder after police say he drove toward officer

May 10, 2019 at 3:58 p.m.

A Gary man was charged with attempted murder after police said he drove toward an officer during a traffic stop, according to court records. In addition to the attempted murder...

New lawyer for woman found guilty in sex trafficking case just another stall tactic, prosecutors say

May 9, 2019 at 10:41 p.m.

Rita Law has used a series of "stall tactics to push back her day of reckoning as long as humanly possible," according to the government. For the past six years,...

Man once sentenced to 100 years in prison for assaulting neighbor in East Chicago begins in new trial

May 13, 2019 at 12:14 p.m.

A woman was watching TV in her East Chicago apartment when she noticed a man standing in the doorway wearing a ski mask and latex gloves and holding a knife....

Gary teen’s murder trial set for June, but attorney says she might take plea in mother’s death

May 13, 2019 at 10:39 p.m.

A teenage girl accused of killing her mother in Gary in 2017 is set to go to trial in June, but an attorney said she may decide to take a...

Man who killed Gary cop withdraws petition challenging conviction

May 13, 2019 at 12:14 p.m.

A man who shot and killed a Gary police officer in his squad car in 2014 withdrew his request asking a court to review his conviction. Carl Le'Ellis Blount, 30,...

Mother agrees to plead guilty to neglect charge in Gary shooting death of 2-year-old daughter

May 13, 2019 at 12:13 p.m.

The mother of a 2-year-old girl fatally shot last year in Gary has agreed to plead guilty. Dashana Fowler, 22, of Gary, was charged after her daughter, Jayla Miller, died...

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