Brookside Glen Man Charged with Wife's Murder: Fit for Trial
A Will County judge ruled Thursday that Bahaa Sam is sane enough to stand trial for allegedly beating his wife to death with a weightlifter's bar.
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Man Suspected of Killing Wife Found Fit to Stand Trial
A Will County judge ruled Thursday that Bahaa Sam is sane enough to stand trial for allegedly beating his wife to death with a weightlifter's bar.
Megachurch Sex Lawsuit Filed in Will County: Court Supervision
A lawsuit against an imprisoned preacher from Crete and an Indiana megachurch topped the week's court news.
A former megachurch preacher sentenced to 12 years in federal prison in March for carrying on a sexual relationship with a teenage member of his congregation was sued in Will County court. In addition to preacher Jack Schaap, 55, of Crete, the First Baptist Church of Hammond was named as a defendant in the lawsuit. The parents of a teenage girl Schaap had sex with while he was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hammond filed the lawsuit. The suit identifies the parents as "John Doe and Mary Doe," and the teen as "Jane Doe." The suit gives Jane Doe's date of birth as June 27, 1995. Here's what else was going on at the area's courthouses: Check out all these stories and more on our Facebook page.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Alleged Tinley Park Wife-Killer Bahaa Sam Found Fit to Stand Trial
A Will County judge ruled Thursday that Bahaa Sam is sane enough to stand trial for allegedly beating his wife to death with a weightlifter's bar.
A Tinley Park man charged with beating his wife to death with a metal bar while their young son watched was found sane enough to stand trial for her murder. Bahaa Sam, 47, appeared before Will County Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak Thursday morning and learned an evaluation of his mental state showed he is fit to face the murder charges. READ: Tinley Park Man Charged With Beating Wife to Death Pleads Not Guilty An interpreter translated the proceedings into Arabic for Sam, who is being held at the Will County jail in lieu of $5 million bond. Sam was represented by Palos Park attorney John Eannace. Police and paramedics went to Sam's house in December after a Tinley Park public works employee spotted the body of Sam's wife, Nermeen Sam, next to a…
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Gym shoe
4:06 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013
Because the laws are to easy .nobody gets punished for anything anymore. Get caught stealing in one of those foreign countries and they cut off your hand. They don't fool around with you. more ›
Saturday, May 4, 2013
High Times For Marijuana Music Man: Court Supervision
A Caribbean music record company owner has a drug dog's lack of punctuality to thank for getting him out of a felony pot charge, but he still couldn't get his marijuana back.
Martin Scott was looking at a possible 30-year prison sentence after a police dog found pot in the trunk of his car back in September 2011. But a Cook County judge decided this week that the 41 minutes a state trooper made Scott wait for the dog to show up was too long, and ruled that the marijuana could not be used as evidence against him. Without that evidence, prosecutors decided to drop the case. Scott, 52, said he is the owner of Kingston, Jamaica, based UIM Records. He also said he obtained his marijuana legally in California and asked if he could have it back. He was refused. Scott left the Markham courthouse a happy—and free—man, and strolled away puffing on his electronic cigarette. Not too many other people written about last …
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ralph
12:57 pm on Sunday, May 12, 2013
That's the dumb laws in IL. and the barney fife's there,,,, that is why I got the hell out of there, the laws are way different here where I'm ,, a lot __________talk about carrying a gun ,I do 7 days a week because IT IS MY RIGHT TO DO SO if I need it I have it for protection, if you don't you may die and that is because obama turns all the illegals loose here and all over the us for you and i … more ›
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Court Supervision: 11 Days in Jail For Sex With 16-Year-Old Boy
A former Plainfield North gym teacher pleaded guilty to meeting a teen for sex. And that was just one of the things going on in court this week.
More than two years after the police caught her in a car with a half-dressed student from the high school where she was a teacher, Ashley Blumenshine copped a plea. Blumenshine, a 30-year-old former Plainfield North gym teacher, will have to do 11 days in jail. She will also spend two years on sex offender probation and 10 yeas on the Illinois sex offender registry. She tearfully apologized before she was taken into custody to start doing her time. Let's look at what else was going on in the area's courthouses this past week: Check out all these stories and more on our Facebook page.
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Skb
4:41 pm on Thursday, April 25, 2013
I'm am quite sure the 16 year old wasn't raped and consented. The old lady was being nice and got raped for it. To compare the two is idiotic. Expect nothing less from crook county residents. more ›
Friday, April 12, 2013
Trial Date Set For Soldier Charged in 2009 New Lenox Township Murder
A man facing murder charges in connection with his uncle's death can act as his own attorney when he goes to trial.
A man charged with murdering his uncle more than three and a half years ago got a July trial date during a Friday morning hearing. And when 27-year-old Jason Gonzalez does go to trial, he can act as his own attorney. Gonzalez, who was stationed in Guantanamo Bay during his eight months in the Army in 2005 and 2006, has been representing himself during pretrial matters and plans to continue to do so at his trial. Judge Edward Burmila said a public defender will still be present during the trial, as one has been at pretrial hearings. Gonzalez has been jailed since September 2009 on charges he murdered his uncle Lance Goebel. Gonzalez allegedly shot Goebel numerous times with a 9-mm handgun, then stole $1,000 and his uncle's Chevy HHR. The …
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Saturday, April 6, 2013
Court Supervision: Not The Pedro Hernandez You Were Looking For
A New Lenox man spoke of his "horrific" ordeal in the county jail after he was arrested for a murder someone else was wanted for.
We started the week off by talking with the New Lenox man jailed for two weeks for a murder allegedly committed by someone else with the same name. Pedro Hernandez, 67, said his time in the Will County jail was "horrific," and that he's looking for a lawyer to talk to about filing a lawsuit. But Hernandez's ordeal was just one of the things going on last week. There was also: Check out all these stories and more on our Facebook page.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Wrong Man Jailed 2 Weeks on 1978 Murder Charge Says Ordeal 'Horrific'
A New Lenox man held in the county jail for two weeks on a 35-year-old murder charge was set free.
A New Lenox widower held 13 days on a murder warrant for a different man said he feared he would be locked up for the rest of his life. "I panicked," said Pedro Hernandez, a 67-year-old father of four who was arrested March 14 in connection with a 1978 murder. "I know for this crime they can send you away for life," he said. Hernandez was taken into custody by the New Lenox police following a traffic accident. He was charged with driving under the influence, and when officers ran his name and identifiers, they reportedly discovered someone matching his description was wanted for a 35-year-old Joliet murder. The wanted man, also named Pedro Hernandez, is 66-years-old, according to court records. This Pedro Hernandez allegedly stabbed a man …
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You can't handle the truth!
1:57 pm on Sunday, April 14, 2013
Bottom line this man should've never been arrested for murder and held on a murder charge. He was arrested because his name is Pedro Hernandez, the date of birth didn't even match. Sorry but you can't just go around arresting people because they have the same name as a person who murdered someone. It appears to me like State and the police took their sweet time with their investigation and … more ›
Saturday, March 23, 2013
If You Thought The Son From Last Week Was Bad: Court Supervision
A Joliet man was charged with the brutal murder of his mother, and there was plenty more going on as well.
It was bad enough last week when a Cook County man appeared in court for allegedly beating his mother, stabbing her and leaving her in a ditch. But now this week we have a Joliet man who allegedly choked his mother, stabbed her so hard with one knife the blade bent, plunged a second knife into her repeatedly and then used a baseball bat to hammer it into her her body until the handle broke, and finally dropped her in the Des Plaines River. The body of Jeanie Parker, 54, remains missing as fire department divers brave the depths of the Des Plaines and police officers scour the river bank. Parker's son, Charles McCullum, 21, has been charged with her murder and is being held on a $5 million bond. Also in court this week, there was: See all …
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dannymagoo
12:04 pm on Sunday, April 14, 2013
If a police officer commits a crime and gets caught they automatically look into his arrest's just to see if he was corrupt or dishonest there as well IE:John Burge . That being said when the governor was convicted shouldn't they have turned over his stupid decision to stop the death penalty? I think we should have some say in whether or not there is a death penalty in the state and not just … more ›
Fester Bestertester
4:22 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013
Drunkenly driving and drunkenly lying on the street. huh. more ›