Client Found Not Guilty in Hobart Store Fight
CROWN POINT | A Merrillville woman who was accused of choking and threatening a shopper at a Hobart store was acquitted of the charges this week. A Lake County jury found Chalonder L. Ervin, 36, not guilty Friday on charges of strangulation and battery, according to court records. The strangulation charge was a Class D... Read More
No Charges Filed Against Lake County Criminal Defense Attorney Scott King’s Client
Lake County Criminal Defense Attorney Scott King’s client will not face charges CROWN POINT — Lake County Prosecutor Bernard A. Carter said his office will not be pressing charges against a Gary police officer who shot an individual in October, saying Thursday the shooting was justified. “The officer did everything necessary to protect himself as... Read More
Attorney Murdaugh obtains dismissal of level 2 felony for clients
Criminal Defense Attorney Secured Dismissal of Charges The Scott King Group is pleased to share that Criminal Defense Attorney Lakeisha Murdaugh secured dismissals for two clients who were charged with Level 2 felonies in Tippecanoe County. Thanks to Attorney Murdaugh’s hard and relentless defense of the charges, her clients will walk free, without any court-ordered... Read More
Client Acquitted of 2 Counts of Murder
Jury Finds Client Not Guilty of Murder After deliberating nearly 12 hours over two days, a Lake Superior Court jury on Tuesday acquitted an East Chicago man of murder, murder in perpetration of a robbery and attempted robbery. Terrance Kevin Ronald Strong Jr., 25, was acquitted in the shooting death and attempted robbery of Jose... Read More
Client Acquitted of Attempted Rape
Jury Finds Client Not Guilty of Attempted Rape CROWN POINT | A Gary man was found guilty Thursday of battery but acquitted of more serious charges in a 2011 domestic violence incident. A Lake County jury found Anthony Lee Sims, 58, guilty of battery, a Class A misdemeanor, but found him not guilty on charges... Read More
Jury Acquits Client of Sexual Assault
Jurors acquitted a former University of Wisconsin-Parkside basketball recruit of sexually assaulting a fellow student in September 2013. Austin Robinson, 20, of Bolingbrook, Ill., was found not guilty on second-degree sexual assault-use of force and false imprisonment Wednesday. Robinson was a former basketball player for Parkside, and his scholarship was revoked as a result of... Read More
Attorney Scott King defends Chicago Rapper
Attorney King Attacks Government’s desire to detain client On his recent release of “Fast Life,” rising Chicago rapper Bandman Kevo brags about having it all — the girls, the guns, luxury cars, snazzy clothes and, of course, stacks of cold, hard cash. But Kevo, whose real name is Kevin Ford, didn’t get there through his... Read More
Criminal Charges Dismissed Against Gary Police Officer
All charges pending against a Gary Police Officer were dismissed by the Lake County Prosecutor in a court filing today. Officer Jennifer Powell, a Gary Officer since 2002, was accused of ghost employment on April 4, 2013 based upon allegations that she collected wages from her police job while working at the Lake County Jail... Read More
Jury Acquits Client of Child Molesting
CROWN POINT | Charles Wesley Nash, of Gary, was found not guilty of child molestation by a jury Tuesday. The trial for Nash, 47, began Monday and concluded Tuesday. Lake County prosecutors charged Nash with Class A felony child molestation after a grand jury indicted him in 2013. Charges were based on allegations from a... Read More
Charges Dropped Against Client
Federal attorneys have dropped charges against a Whiting businessman who had been accused of taking part in a car-fraud ring. Prosecutors filed the motion to dismiss charges against Hosam Abul-Husn, 67, on Monday, and a federal judge granted the motion that same day. The motion does not say why prosecutors decided to drop the charges.... Read More