CROWN POINT â A Lake Criminal Court judge sentenced a Hammond man Thursday to 60 years in prison for shooting his cousin to death over what prosecutors described as a case of damaged pride.
Shaun A. Whitelow, 32, was convicted in May of murdering 30-year-old cousin Darvell L. Smith, of Hammond, early Nov. 3, 2019, as Smith sat in his parked car in the 2300 block of White Oak Avenue in Hammond s Robertsdale neighborhood.
The two had fought the night before during a family party at another location in Hammond. Police were called, but no arrests were made during the earlier fight.
Whitelow also was convicted in a subsequent bench trial of a firearm enhancement.
Notre Dame Federal Credit Union has arrived in Lake County.
The South Bend-based credit union opened a branch at 1200 119th St. in the new Illiana Building in downtown Whiting just in time for Pierogi Fest. It s always great to have another banking option expanding in your community, said Tom Dabertin of the Whiting-Robertsdale Chamber of Commerce, which celebrated a ribbon-cutting of the new credit union branch last week. Everybody knows the Notre Dame name. It s exciting Notre Dame Credit Union decided to put its first Lake County branch in Whiting.
Michigan City-based Horizon Bank made $20.4 million in profit in the first quarter, or $0.46 per share. That s up 74% as compared to the $11.7 million in net income, or $0.26 per share, in the first quarter of 2020. Horizon Bank s first-quarter results were however down 6.8% as compared to $21.9 million in profit in the fourth quarter.
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"Shaun Whitelow brutally executed his own cousin by shooting him three times while his cousin Darvell Smith sat defenseless in his car," a deputy prosecutor said during closing arguments.