CROWN POINT â The owner of a company retained by the Lake County commissioners to provide electronic monitoring of criminal defendants claims the sheriff is trying to destroy his business by repeatedly criticizing the company for not providing police with timely notification over escaped defendants.
Herbert Smith, of ICU Monitoring, said Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez is not a party to his contract with commissioners and has never met with him to discuss his protocol and procedures.
But the sheriff has repeatedly held up multiple escapes by defendants under the watch of Smith s firm as evidence the county needs to sever ties with the company.
CROWN POINT â A man who pleaded guilty of torturing and killing his 13-year-old son a decade ago is now claiming he was wronged by his attorneys.
Riley L. Choate, 48, formerly of Hammond, claims he was tricked into pleading guilty to being a habitual offender.
âI only wanted to plead guilty to the (other child neglect) charges. I didnât know I was pleading guilty to the habitual. I donât think you should hold that against me, Choate recently said during a court hearing seek post-conviction relief. âI was strung along. I needed a good lawyer.
He spoke Friday before Magistrate Kathleen Sullivan during the hearing.
CROWN POINT â A man convicted of torturing and killing his 13-year-old son a decade ago is now claiming he was wronged by his attorneys.
Riley L. Choate, 48, formerly of Hammond, claims he was tricked into pleading guilty to being a habitual offender.
âI only wanted to plead guilty to the (other child neglect) charges. I didnât know I was pleading guilty to the habitual. I donât think you should hold that against me, Choate recently said during a court hearing seek post-conviction relief. âI was strung along. I needed a good lawyer.
He spoke Friday before Magistrate Kathleen Sullivan during the hearing.