JOLIET – When Chicago Heights police told Cecil R. Conner Jr. to drive his girlfriend’s young son home, he didn’t argue. Whether the 22-year-old Steger man should have admitted to drinking was one of many points argued by attorneys Monday in Judge Edward Burmila’s courtroom. Defense attorney Jeffrey Tomczak told the court that he has

JOLIET – As the trial opened against a Steger man accused of killing his girlfriend’s son in a drunken driving crash last spring, his attorneys focused their attention Monday on another man they say set the sad scenario in motion. It was Chicago Heights Officer Chris Felicetti who stopped the young boy’s mother, Kathie LaFond,

The Chicago Heights police officer who allegedly handed a drunken Steger man the keys to a car and ordered him to drive shortly before the man crashed into a tree, killing his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son, testified Thursday that the man seemed fine. Officer Chris Felicetti sounds stunned in a call recorded right after the crash

A grand jury failed to indict Matthew Moustis on Wednesday after hearing testimony from both sides in the aggravated battery case. The case will be in court Friday, but because the grand jury did not indict Moustis, it is expected the charge against him will be dropped. Moustis, 18 of Frankfort, was arrested in July

A driver who was painting her fingernails when she struck and killed motorcyclist Anita Zaffke tearfully apologized Thursday before she was sentenced for triggering the deadly 2009 traffic collision. “I want the family to know how deeply sorry I am for my actions,” 49-year-old Lora Hunt said, looking across the Waukegan courtroom at Zaffke’s relatives.

When the county cops found Brandon Lauer sprawled and bleeding in a Frankfort Square parking lot, the wounded youth accused the son of Will County Board Chairman Jim Moustis of cutting him up with a knife. Just 18 hours before this, Lauer had called the law and told them he was on the wrong end of

Lora Hunt will spend her nights in jail for the next year and half for killing a woman she struck with her car while doing her nails. The loved ones who asked the court for mercy on Thursday said the Morris, Ill., woman will be punishing herself for a lot longer. “Every day she relives

July 22, 2010 (WAUKEGAN, Ill.) (WLS) — Lora Hunt was sentenced Thursday to 18 months of “periodic” prison in a distracted driving case that led to a deadly accident. The judge sentenced Lora Hunt to 18 months in jail and 30 months probation. While announcing the sentence, the judge said that distracted driving in our

Nurses Allegedly Waited Too Long To Call Paramedics JOLIET — State health officials have fined a Joliet nursing home $10,000 because its nurses allegedly waited a half hour before calling paramedics after they found a 74-year-old resident in full cardiac arrest. The Illinois Department of Public Health announced the fine against Glenwood Care Center, 222

The Illinois State Crime Commission announced its selection of Jeff Tomczak to receive its State’s Attorney of the Year Award at the Crime Commissions’ annual dinner, “A Salute to Those Who Make A Difference” June 18 at the Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace. In December 2000, Tomczak became the 27th prosecutor to serve as the state’s