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Pornography Criminal Defense
Earlier this month, a 50 year old North Barrington man was arrested for possessing child pornography and disseminating it over the Internet. The Lake County Sheriff's Office and the Lake County State's Attorney Cybercrimes Division investigated James M. Parsino...
Got a DUI in Bull Valley?
Many people are charged with DUI while driving through Bull Valley at night. One need only observe the number of DUI cases on the docket involving Bull Valley to know this is true. If you are arrested for DUI in Bull Valley and are convicted, you will be subject to...
McHenry Shoplifting Lawyer
According to Illinois statute (720 ILCS 5/16-25) Sec. 16-25, a person commits retail theft when he or she knowingly does one of the following: Takes merchandise offered for sale without paying for the item Changing, transfers, or removes a price tag Under-rings the...
Disorderly Conduct: Invasion of Privacy
Invasion of Privacy is a form of Disorderly Conduct that occurs when there is an intrusion upon your privacy when you have the reasonable expectection be left alone, unobserved, and unmonitored. Invasion of Privacy laws give you the right to bring a lawsuit for...
Teen Sentenced To 4 Years For Bloomingdale Crime Spree
October 2014 - Two teenage brothers confessed to a string of more than 15 robberies in Bloomingdale, Wood Dale, Glendale Heights, West Chicago, and Schaumburg. Between June 4 and July 19, 2013, Nicholas Panoski, 20, and his younger brother Frank Panoski, 19,...
Do You Need A Downers Grove Juvenile Criminal Lawyer?
June 8, 2015 - Police in Downer's Grove recently increased overnight patrols in the northwest part of the village in response to incidents of car vandalism. According to Downers Grove police, there have been eight incidents of cars having their tires slashed during...
Disorderly Conduct in Addison
A 29 year old Addison man was arrested in S. York Street at around 1:06 a.m. Police said he was stopped by an employee at a local bar after he attempted to leave the bar with an open bottle. According to police, he threw the bottle into a victim’s chest and it broke...
Addison Woman Hired Hitman to Kill Her Husband
September 2, 1989 - An Addison woman who hired a hitman to kill her husband was sentenced to 100 years in prison. Du Page housewife Judith Benkowski confessed to paying a Chicago man, Edwarn Brown, to kill her husband. Benkowski's friend, Debra Santana of Addison, who...
DuPage County Leads Fight Against Heroin Abuse
The Controlled Substance Act classifies heroin as a Schedule I controlled substance. Possessing any amount of heroin is a Class 4 Felony, as it has no medical usage and is extremely addictive. In spite of this, heroin abuse among young people is on the rise in many...