Chicago man gets 10 years after ATF agent injured in ambush
A Chicago man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in an ambush of federal agents in Gary.
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Gary gun lawsuit to continue after transfer denial
A long-running firearms lawsuit in the city of Gary will continue after the Indiana Supreme Court declined to revisit a Court of Appeals’ ruling that reinstated the litigation. But not all justices agreed with the transfer decision.
COA: Song detailing triple-murder scene was admissible evidence
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a man’s murder convictions, finding a song he wrote and posted online that closely described the murder scene just months later was admissible evidence.
7th Circuit remands to fix sentencing inconsistency in armed robbery conviction
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has remanded to the U.S. District Court for Southern District of Indiana a case that convicted an Indianapolis man for his involvement in a string of armed pharmacy robberies. The appellate court concluded a correction was required because both the written and oral sentences imposed terms of supervised release inconsistently.
Justices reverse grant of transfer in teen murder case following oral arguments
Just hours after hearing oral arguments on the merits in a murder case from 2000, the Indiana Supreme Court reversed its decision to assume jurisdiction over the case.
Justices to hear arguments in juvenile murder case
The Indiana Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Thursday in a decades-old murder case considering whether the defendant was prejudiced by his counsel’s failure to present mitigating evidence about his mental illness at the time of the crime.
Indiana post office worker gets 90 months in prison for robbery
A Postal Service employee convicted of plotting an armed robbery at a Gary post office has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Tanisha Banks of Merrillville appeared in federal court Tuesday, one of three people convicted in the 2017 robbery.
COA affirms teens’ robbery charges
The Indiana Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed the denial of two teens’ motions to dismiss their felony robbery charges after they allegedly stole from a mini mart and battered an employee who tried to stop them.
Prosecutor faces discipline for allegedly undisclosed testimony deal
An elected Indiana prosecutor who allegedly failed to disclose to the defense a deal he requested to secure witness testimony against a criminal defendant is facing an attorney discipline complaint. Putnam County Prosecutor Timothy L. Bookwalter has been charged with professional misconduct by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
7th Circuit overturns mandatory minimum sentence in gun case
An Indiana man convicted of at least four felonies could receive a lesser sentence after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that only two of the felonies met the requirements for mandatory minimum sentencing spelled out in a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Dillinger family members apply again to exhume his grave
Family members of 1930s gangster John Dillinger have submitted a new application to exhume his Indianapolis gravesite. Other Dillinger descendants and Crown Hill Cemetery object to the proposed exhumation.
History Channel drops out of planned Dillinger documentary
The History Channel has dropped out of a planned documentary on 1930s gangster John Dillinger that would have featured the proposed exhumation of his grave in Indianapolis sought by two relatives of the notorious criminal who question whether he’s truly buried there.
Ex-Brinks driver pleads guilty to Hammond armored truck robbery
A Chicago man has pleaded guilty of an armored truck robbery in northwestern Indiana that netted several suspects more than $600,000 in cash.
SVF finding stands for man with California robbery conviction
A man who initially showed signs of wanting to be arrested has lost his argument on appeal that his out-of-state robbery conviction was substantially like the same crime in Indiana, thus qualifying him a serious violent felon.
Crown Hill Cemetery objects to John Dillinger exhumation plans
The Indianapolis cemetery where 1930s gangster John Dillinger is buried is objecting to his body’s planned exhumation as part of a television documentary.
Man pleads guilty to robbery in Gary shootout that wounded agent
A Chicago man who was involved in an Indiana shootout in which a federal agent was wounded and another suspect was killed has pleaded guilty to robbery.
Dillinger relatives feud over exhuming body; History Channel confirms show
Two relatives of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger who plan to have his remains exhumed as part of a television documentary say they have “evidence” the body buried in an Indianapolis cemetery may not be him and that FBI agents possibly killed someone else in 1934. Another relative called plans to exhume the man who became both a folk hero and Public Enemy No. 1 disrespectful.
FBI says it killed Dillinger; family seeking exhumation not convinced
The FBI on Thursday released a statement saying its agents got the right man more than 85 years ago when they fatally shot notorious gangster John Dillinger outside a Chicago theater, as relatives dispute that the body they seek to exhume from an Indianapolis cemetery is his.
Body of 1930s gangster John Dillinger to be exhumed
The body of 1930s gangster John Dillinger is set to be exhumed from an Indianapolis cemetery more than 85 years after he was killed by FBI agents.
2nd man sentenced in fatal southern Indiana gun shop robbery
An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his role in the robbery and fatal shooting of a southern Indiana gun shop owner. A judge ordered the sentence Thursday after 24-year-old Darion Harris pleaded guilty.