Jury acquits one, convicts other defendant in Calumet Township trustee's office public corruption trial
Ethel Shelton wept as the jury in her public corruption trial found her guilty Monday in Hammond’s federal court.
“Oh no, no, no, no,” Shelton cried. “Why did they do this to me?”
Jurors deliberated for more than 11 hours before reaching verdicts Monday in the two-week public corruption trial of...