Thursday, November 1, 2012
Janet Bartels, of Tinley Park, filed a lawsuit against Silver Cross and Provena St. Joseph's hospitals on behalf of her son, who suffered massive head trauma in a 2009 Mokena bar fight. The suit accuses the medical centers of negligence.
The Tinley Park mother of a Joliet man who was put in a coma after a 2009 bar fight filed a lawsuit on her son's behalf against two hospitals Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reports. READ: Check Out the Full Story in the Chicago Tribune for More Details The suit by Janet Bartels claims two doctors and Silver Cross Hospital, then in Joliet (it moved to New Lenox this year) and Provena St. Joseph's Medical Center, also in Joliet, were negligent and didn't properly talk to first responders after her son was injured in the attack, the Tribune reported. Eric Bartels, 29, suffered massive head trauma and continues to endure debilitating effects after Joseph Messina, 24, of New Lenox, allegedly knocked Bartels to the ground with a single punch …
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The public defender for Francis Gilroy Jr., who was arrested for unlawful weapons possession during the last May's Ashford House brawl, filed a motion Tuesday to suppress the arrest.
The arrest of man who was charged with unlawful possession of weapons by a felon during the Ashford House brawl could be tossed out if a Cook County judge rules in favor of a motion by his public defender. Francis John Gilroy Jr., 65, of West Palm Beach, Fla., was reportedly one of the targets during the incident, where five Indiana men were charged in connection with the attack on a suspected white supremacist group. Those men—labled the Tinley Park or Ashford House 5—are in talks for a plea deal. READ: Lawyers: Ashford House Five in Talks for Plea Deal Cook County Assistant Public Defender Scott Lipinski filed a motion Tuesday, Oct. 30, to quash and suppress the arrest during a hearing in Judge Colleen Ann Hyland's Bridgeview courtroom. …
Monday, October 29, 2012
A judge won't reconsider Dawn Hamill's sentence for her conviction connected to a 2011 raid of her Dazzle's Painted Pastures Animal Rescue and Sanctuary. Prosecutors also dropped other charges related to the raid.
A Cook County judge denied a motion Monday, Oct. 29 to reconsider the sentence of Dawn Hamill, the owner of local animal rescue who was convicted of eight misdemeanor counts of violation of owner's duties. Hamill, 43, was charged with those misdemeanor counts, as well as two counts of animal cruelty, in connection to the condition of animals that were found during a Feb. 11, 2011, raid on Dazzle's Painted Pastures Animal Rescue and Sanctuary in Tinley Park. Eight puppies were reportedly discovered in cold, filthy conditions, leading to her Sept. 14 conviction of the violation of owner's duties charges. The animal cruelty charges she was acquitted on were related to a miniature horse and Himalayan cat found dead on the property. READ: Judge…
Friday, October 19, 2012
The new attorney for Dawn Hamill, owner of Dazzle's Painted Pastures Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, wants the judge to reconsider her order to allow the return of animals taken from Hamill's shelter.
A Cook County judge refused Thursday to alter an order forcing animal shelter owner Dawn Hamill to give up all but five of her personal animals. The order was part of her sentence after she was convicted in September on eight misdemeanor counts of violations of owner's duties. Hamill, 43, was charged with those eight misdemeanor counts, as well as two counts of animal cruelty, in connection to the condition of animals that were found during a Feb. 11, 2011, raid on Dazzle's Painted Pastures Animal Rescue and Sanctuary in Tinley Park. Eight puppies were reportedly discovered in cold, filthy conditions, leading to her Sept. 14 conviction of the violation of owner's duties charges. The animal cruelty charges she was acquitted on were related …
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Dawn Hamill, the owner of Dazzle's Painted Pastures Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, has a hearing scheduled for Thursday, according to Cook County Circuit Court records.
Though details weren't immediately clear, the owner of a Tinley Park animal rescue convicted of violating her duties will be back in a Markham courtroom on Thursday, Oct. 18. Cook County Circuit Court records show that Dawn Hamill, 43, filed a motion to substitute an attorney in the case. Hamill is scheduled to appear in Judge Anna Helen Demacopolous' court. READ: Hamill Must Give Up Animals Pending Psych Evaluation, Pay $8,000 in Fines, Judge Orders It is unknown if Purav Bhatt, the attorney who had been representing her, is no longer working on the case. Bhatt was not immediately available for comment Wednesday afternoon. Hamill was charged with eight misdemeanor counts of violating owner's duties and two counts of animal cruelty in …
Monday, March 19, 2012
Local attorney lends his support to a candidate for Cook County Circuit Court judge.
Ridgeland Common Ice Rink. Rat Time. 1982. Blades crunching the hard ice, legs moving like pistons, the kid tore along the side boards until his black-taped stick blade picked up the puck. He whirled dervish-like without losing a stride and gave a demonstration of dipsy-doodle stickhandling up the ice. None of the players could get near him and when he skated inside the blue line, he let rip with an ear-cracking slapshot, his stick smacking the puck like a fired M-15. Before the goalie knew that the puck left the kid’s stick, it slammed into the netting behind him, bulging the twine in the top shelf next to the peanut butter. I had been hanging around rinks for over 30 years, a consummate rink rat and for a good part of that time my …
Ed
3:54 am on Friday, November 2, 2012
This guy is the biggest coward in the world. He won't get away with being a cheap shot artist in Stateville. He's going to get what he deserves in prision. more ›