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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Court Watch: Attorneys 'Kick Around' Plea Deal for Murder Defendant

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. …

In this Article:

Animal Cruelty Trial Postponed Without Presiding Judge (in Tinley Park Patch), Murder Defendant Looking for Speedy Trial to Prove His Innocence (in New Lenox Patch), Boy Taken to Hospital After Alleged Belt Beating (in Mokena Patch), and 9 more ›

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Court Watch: Trial Set for Animal Rescue Owner

Dazzle's owner goes to trial March 7. Also, arraignment postponed for man accused of setting fire to his family's south suburban restaurant.

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • Jesse Marx
  • Saturday, January 28, 2012

The Southland's major criminal and civil cases heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. TINLEY PARK — Trial starts March 7 for Dawn Hamill, the owner of Dazzle’s Painted Pastures Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, which was raided nearly one year ago. She faces dozens of counts related to animal cruelty and neglect. More than 100 animals, including a dead cat and horse, were seized from Hamill’s Tinley Park property, which prosecutors have painted as a den of feces and urine, with inadequate space and heat. When put on the stand last month for a pretrial issue, Hamill described an environment of “healthy” and “playful” animals, though she admitted that the sanctuary had been twice cited for unsanitary conditions by the Illinois …

In this Article:

New Charges Filed Against Dazzle's Painted Pastures Owner (in Tinley Park Patch), Judge: Search Warrant That Led to the Hauling Off of 100 Painted Pastures Animals Stands (in Tinley Park Patch), Police: Carnival Worker and Girlfriend Solicited 16-Year-Old Girl for Sex (in Oak Lawn Patch), and 16 more ›

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