The Lake County Board of Commissioners recently deferred a sheriff’s department request to upfit a SWAT Unit van as the members raised questions about its purchase.

CROWN POINT — Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. has pleaded guilty to reckless driving, a class C misdemeanor, for driving more than 40 mph above Taft Street's posted speed limit in 2021.

CROWN POINT — The wife of Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. testified in a deposition that she saw him drinking alcohol at a Crown Point bar prior to an alleged aborted police chase that ...

As of Monday, no one in Lake County had been taken by ICE when going to court, Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez said in a statement. Martinez does not know how many people have been detained by ...

Shikeia Randolph was 11 weeks pregnant when one Indiana county's officers forcibly arrested her, a lawsuit alleges. At 23 ...

In Lake County, there is a 15-ton limit on 197th, 185th and 151st from U.S. 41 west to State Line Road, according to the sheriff’s release.

Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez declined to comment on the pending litigation. The traffic stop lasted about 10 minutes, Randolph said, but it "felt like forever." ...

Shikeia Randolph alleges she was forcibly arrested June 5, 2023 by a Lake County Sheriff's Department Officer. Randolph, who was pregnant at the time, was pushed on the ground despite her repeated ...