Nicholas Wayne Hamlett was arrested in South Carolina on Nov. 10 in connection with the Oct. 18 murder of Steven Douglas Lloyd in a complex case of identity theft.
A death sentence recommendation could soon be thrown out just a month after a jury reached that verdict for a man they also found guilty of raping and killing a woman at a Hialeah hotel back in 2016.
District 12 State Representative Mike Andrade was leading in his bid to retain his seat handily at press time — 55% to 45% — against his opponent, former Hammond Police Officer Jim Lietz, ...