Former Gary councilwoman Krusas asks for probation or home confinement
Former Gary City Councilwoman Marilyn Krusas is asking a federal judge to sentence her to probation or home confinement, versus prison time, for her conviction of tax evasion. Her attorney, Scott King, filed a sentencing memorandum Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Hammond that claims Krusas has suffered from depression since the 1960s, which... Read More
Restaurant’s former owners don’t have to testify, judge rules
Two former officials with a Schererville restaurant will not have to testify in the criminal trial against the business’s current owner after a federal judge ruled Friday that they were protected by their right not to incriminate themselves. Attorney Scott King had subpoenaed Chris Gerodemos and Stavros Strogilos to testify in the trial of King’s... Read More
As Trial nears, Attorney’s argue about importance of Restaurant’s History
HAMMOND | The owners of the Paragon Restaurant are asking a judge to allow information about the previous owners in response to a motion filed in federal court. Prosecutors filed a motion last week asking a judge to not allow information about the restaurant’s previous owners who allegedly also hired and housed workers who were... Read More
Client seeks Interlocutory Appeal to the Seventh Circuit
Lake County Surveyor George Van Til’s attorney wants to keep pursuing his request to see more of the government’s evidence against his client despite a federal judge’s ruling against him. According to a motion filed Tuesday, Scott King, Van Til’s lawyer, wants to ask the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to review denials by... Read More
Attorney Scott King files a Motion to obtain early discovery in federal court
An attorney for Lake County Surveyor George Van Til wants the federal government to turn over all witness statements connected to his criminal case now so that the long-time politician can weigh whether to pursue a plea agreement. Van Til’s attorney Scott King stresses in the motion, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in... Read More
Jury acquits client, who was a former teacher and basketball coach, of child seduction
Hammond Teacher Not Guilty Jury acquits client, who was a former teacher and basketball coach, of child seduction. CROWN POINT | A former Morton High School boys varsity basketball coach and teacher was acquitted Thursday of child seduction charges after about three hours of deliberation by jurors. Benjamin Chinn, 27, then of Merrillville, was charged... Read More
Lake County Jury Acquits Client of Murder
CROWN POINT | A Lake County jury on Friday found a Gary man not guilty on all counts including murder in a shooting last year on I-80/94 in Gary. Jurors deliberated less than four hours Friday afternoon before finding 30-year-old Rickey Smith not guilty in the fatal Sept. 12 shooting of Tyron Hopkins, 44, on... Read More
After approximately two hours of deliberation, Attoney King’s client is found not guilty of murder
Jury acquits Gary woman of murder By Ruth Ann Krause Post-Tribune correspondent November 30, 2012 5:02PM Lake Superior Court jurors acquitted a Gary woman of murder in the shooting death of her longtime boyfriend in 2010. After about two hours of deliberations, jurors acquitted Darlene Stewart, 56, of the charge in the homicide of Jimmie... Read More
Porter County Murder Case Dismissed Against Attorney Scott King’s Client
Porter County Prosecutor dismissed murder charges against Attorney King’s client,Allen Warnes. VALPARAISO | A murder charge was dismissed Thursday against a Valparaiso man accused of killing his stepdaughter Feb. 21 in the family’s Courtney Street home. The Porter County prosecutor’s office said the move was taken because three individuals, who initially gave statements implicating Allen... Read More