A federal jury awarded $25.5 million last week to a Gary man after finding a now-retired Hammond cop prevented him from having a fair trial in a 1980 gas station rape and robbery case.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Peter Villarreal wrote after a “thorough and exhaustive review” there was not enough evidence to prove the case, according to court filings.
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) A judge has dismissed murder charges against two men in the fatal 1980 shooting of an off-duty Hammond police officer after prosecutors
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A judge has dismissed murder charges against two men in the fatal 1980 shooting of an off-duty Hammond police officer after p.
The Lake County prosecutor s office dropped charges Thursday against James Hill and Pierre L. Catlett in the 1980 homicide of off-duty Hammond police Officer Lawrence J. "Larry" Pucalik.