Hammond- Chicago man Sergio Salazar, age 36, has been formally charged in Lake County, following a violent incident reported inside a Hammond residence on November 12, 2025.
Police were dispatched just before 1 p.m. to a home in the 2700 block of 173rd Street for a reported battery. A worker at the home told officers he was there to perform bathroom work and had brought Salazar with him as a “helping hand.” The worker reported that Salazar unexpectedly struck the homeowner and told officers Salazar suffered from what he described as “mental problems,” documents state.
When police made contact with Salazar outside the residence, he reportedly stated he is a diagnosed schizophrenic and had not taken his medication in several days. Salazar also told officers the man inside the home “didn’t seem right” and said that a voice he referred to as “cockroach” told him to do it. He added that “everything happened so fast.”…