Saturday, October 20, 2012
Almost 300 Illinois records are included in the Boy Scouts of America's once-secret "perversion files." Search for your town or troop number.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Patch's searchable database allows you to search by cities in Illinois. Information gathered by the Los Angeles Times shows the leaders of the Boy Scouts of America who were expelled between 1947 and 2005 on suspicions or confirmation of sexual abuse. If a troop is listed, a case file exists. At this time, not all case files are available online. As new documents become available, Patch will update this database.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
In Other Courthouse News: A 72-year-old Mokena man was accused of sexually abusing three young relatives. Trial postponed again for animal rescue owner.
The Southland's major criminal and civil cases heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. TINLEY PARK — Animal Cruelty Trial Postponed Without Presiding Judge Dawn Hamill was charged with several dozen counts of animal cruelty and neglect of owner's duties following a raid on her Tinley Park business in February 2011. Her attorney will try again to get the charges tossed out. NEW LENOX — Attorneys said they have begun “kicking around” a possible plea deal for the man accused of murdering Dwight Jones but have not reached a formal offer. Prosecutors allege that after Rodney Julun bludgeoned Jones inside his New Lenox Township home, in June 2011, he and two other men proceeded to rob Jones’ house over the course of several days. …
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Also back in court: An Aurora serviceman accused of sexual abuse might not undergo psychological testing, as requested by Marine instructor.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
The Southland's major criminal and civil cases heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. FRANKFORT — The murder case against Brian Trainauskas is being delayed, pending an appeal by prosecutors that rests on whether the man’s constitutional rights were denied during a police interrogation. At the Illinois Appellate Court level, the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office is challenging Circuit Judge Richard C. Schoenstedt’s ruling that sheriff’s police deprived Trainauskas of his right to counsel during an interrogation Jan. 23, 2009. Detectives allegedly kept him talking, after he asked for a lawyer, by saying a witness had identified him in a photo lineup. Prosecutors contend that Trainauskas met and spoke with detectives …
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Also, Oak Lawn woman in child porn case is allowed to visit her niece, and an accused sexual assailant is told to keep wearing his electronic monitor.
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
The Southland's major criminal and civil cases heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. FRANKFORT — Because some of the evidence against Darrell Stephenson may include pictures of a naked child, defense attorneys expect to meet with prosecutors at the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office by Jan. 12, 2012, and review the state’s case. Accused of having sexual contact with a boy half his age, Stephenson, 24, is charged with multiple counts related aggravated criminal sexual abuse and possession of child porn. He has pleaded not guilty and remains in jail on bail totaling $90,000. He once coached youth soccer in Frankfort and surrounding communities, according to prosecutors. OAK LAWN — A 20-year-old Oak Lawn woman charged with…
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Also, evidence exchanged in case involving an Oak Lawn home invasion, kidnapping and attempted murder.
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
The Southland's major criminal and civil cases heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. FRANKFORT — The Will County jailhouse will not be required to stop filming the private conversations of a man on trial for murder, but it will need permission before printing those videos again, a Will County judge ordered on Monday. Last year Brian Trainauskas, who was charged with first-degree murder and then solicitation of murder, alleged that a Will County sheriff’s deputy attacked him to force a confession. His attorney, George Andrews, said he became worried about their privacy when a subsequent internal affairs investigation produced a silent videotape of him and his client conversing over a laptop. In court, Andrews argued the …
Saturday, November 19, 2011
A local man was arrested by Mokena police this past week.
Mokena police arrested a 20-year-old Tinley Park man this week and charged him with aggravated criminal sexual abuse after a reported incident involving a 13-year-old girl, according to Will County court records. David J. Potter, of the 17800 block of 66th Court, was charged Tuesday. Police said he had sex with a 13-year-old girl sometime in October, according to county records. Mokena Police Cmdr. Dan Rankovich said Potter met his victim over the summer, reported the Sun-Times Media. “He befriended her at a roller rink in Tinley Park, and in October, they engaged in consensual sexual contact at a park (in Mokena),” Rankovich told the Sun-Times. The parents contacted police once they learned of the encounter, according to the article. "…
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Gary
12:06 am on Thursday, January 3, 2013
CHESTER your so right .....need to know adults involved.....better still go along and monitor goings on more ›