Saturday, November 24, 2012
Thankfully, it was a short week.
It was a three-day week at the Will County Courthouse, so there wasn't a lot going on. It was nice while it lasted, because that's all going to change next week, starting with Monday's sentencing hearing for quadruple-killer Christopher Vaughn. Vaughn was convicted in September of murdering his wife, 34-year-old Kimberly Vaughn, and three children—Blake, 8, Cassandra, 11, and Abigayle, 12—in June 2007. Vaughn is going to get life in prison. But that's next week. In the week that just ended, we saw Coal City woman Tiffany Unland, 30, fail to convince a judge to further reduce her bond from $120,000 to $50,000. Unland already got it lowered once from $200,000. Unland allegedly killed a Palatine man in a drunken crash on Route 6 in Channahon …
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Gerard Jayne received 4 years' probation for his first drunken driving offense but may not get same break for DUI arrest by Plainfield police, Sun-Times Media says.
- POLICE & FIRE
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
A man who killed his wife in a drunken driving accident but avoided prison was arrested in Plainfield more than seven years later for being intoxicated behind the wheel, and now may when sentenced by the same judge in May. According to a story published by Sun-Times Media, 50-year-old Gerard Jayne of Joliet received a four-year probation term for the reckless homicide of his wife, Sherri, in a 2003 crash on Theodore Street near Drauden Road. His second DUI arrest was on May 26, 2011, at 24020 Fraser Road, according to Plainfield police records. He's pleaded guilty to the second offense and will be sentenced by Will County Judge Richard Schoenstedt on May 24, the Sun-Times story said. To read the entire article, click here.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
John Martynus was arrested in Crete after exchanging sexually explicit messages with someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl.
A Plainfield man who was to plead guilty today to soliciting a 13-year-old girl for sex has committed suicide. According to a report published in the Chicago Tribune, the attorney for John Martynus told the judge that his client would not be attending the hearing. Donald DeWilkins said he had been informed of the death by Martynus' father, the story said. Martynus, 40, of Scartlett Oak Drive, a Will County youth mental health advisor and a high school sports coach/referee, was arrested in December 2010 by the Crete Police Department and charged with indecent solicitation of a minor and traveling to meet a minor. Police said Martynus was in Beecher to referee a game and had contacted someone he thought to be a 13-year-old girl to meet him …
Monday, June 27, 2011
No sentencing date set yet but prison term likely. What do you think of the jury's decision?
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty Monday afternoon of trying to sell President Barack Obama's Senate seat. Blagojavich was found guilty on 17 of 20 federal corruption charges. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, U.S. District Judge James Zagel did not immediately set a date for sentencing, but he said Blagojevich can’t travel outside the northern district of Illinois without his permission. Blagojevich is the fourth Illinois governor in the last 40 years to be found guilty of crimes. “Patti and I are obviously very disappointed,” Blagojevich said outside the courtroom after the verdict was announced, according to the Sun-Times. “I, quite frankly, am stunned.” Former Illinois governors George Ryan, Dan Walker and Otto …
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