A public defender for Maurice Slaughter III said prosecutors brought forth unreliable witnesses and little physical evidence to support Slaughter s culpability.
Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter will punish criminals who commit violent crimes, but strives to find alternative measures for non-violent offenders.
A Hammond man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting a co-worker in the leg, claiming he was the “black Jeffery Dahmer”, court records state.
CROWN POINT â A Lake Criminal Court judge this week granted bail for a man charged with murder in a fatal shooting at a Hammond tire shop last year after an alleged road rage confrontation.
Attorneys for Ricky A. Scott III, 23, of Hammond, wrote in court filings he more likely than not properly acted in self-defense during a shootout May 5 that killed Uriel Arambula, 25, and wounded Arambula s brother, Scott, and Scott s co-defendant, Orlando Berrios, 24, of Hammond.
The shootout capped off a series of events that began with a crash on Cline Avenue involving Berrios and the Arambulas male friend, who was driving a maroon or red pickup truck.