Woman Attacks Cop During Drug Test: Court Watch

Get the latest court news from the south suburbs: Tinley man charged with scamming homeowners • Arraignment set on child porn charges • Murder trial pushed back to 2013.

Patch rounds up the Southland's major criminal and civil cases being heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. NEW LENOX — Tell-Tale Plop Lands Woman in Jail After Drug Test Turns Violent: Cops A New Lenox woman charged with cheating a drug test last year was allegedly up to her old tricks again Tuesday, and this time she attacked the county employee paid to watch her pee in a cup, police said. Christina Sepsis, 33, of 221 Haines Ave. was charged with aggravated battery and trying to foil or defeat a drug test in connection with the incident in the courthouse basement. Sepsis is on probation for a 2011 conviction for possession of methamphetamine. TINLEY PARK — DNA Links 2 Ashford House Defendants to Scene, But Plea Deal Still…

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Woman Claims Convicted Fraudster Cost Her Home and $191,000

Mary 'Marie' Medina, 48, says she was scammed out of $191,000 by William 'Bill' Stoecker, who has been brought up on new fraud and theft charges on an unrelated case.

Mary "Marie" Medina was unsurprised when she found out William "Bill" Stoecker had been arrested on identity theft, theft and fraud charges in connection to allegedly scamming a homeowner out of money that should have gone to repairs. Medina, 48, says she, too, was a victim of Stoecker's scam—to the tune of $191,000 that she paid to his construction firm in 2006 and 2007 to remodel her Lockport home. READ: Grabill Corp. Fraudster Back in Jail on New Charges Stoecker, 54, appeared in a Bridgeview courtroom Wednesday, Nov. 14, for a brief hearing before Judge John J. Hynes. His business manager, Susan Olszak, 46, of Florida, also has been charged. The case was continued because Hynes is currently in a jury trial. The pair is scheduled to …

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Grabill Corp. Fraudster Back in Jail on New Charges

Bill Stoecker, of Tinley Park, the man behind the biggest bank fraud case in Illinois history, is back in trouble on new fraud charges.

A home remodeler from Tinley Park is in jail today, accused of using a client's credit card to pay his debts instead of buying supplies for the New Lenox homeowner he was working for. Bill Stoecker, 54, of Tinley Park, appeared in court Thursday to face charges of fraud, theft and identity theft. He pleaded not guilty and bail was set at $150,000, according to Sun-Times Media legal reporter Lauren FitzPatrick. Prosecutors allege that Stoecker used the client's credit to pay debt incurred by Atherton Industries, a high-end home remodeling firm based in Tinley Park that does custom renovations.  Also charged was business manager, Susan Olszak, 46, of Florida. Folks in the South Suburbs may remember Stoecker as the man behind Oak Forest-based…

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mary medina

9:28 am on Tuesday, March 19, 2013

I would never rebuild or remodel again either. This whole situation has basically traumatized me. We lost our home just over 2yrs ago, on a project bill started in 2007. It still breaks my heart and makes me cry to think of what we lost. Its not about the money, but about the peace and tranquility we had on our property. My slice of heaven.   more ›