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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Court Supervision: Chris Vaughn Launched For Life

Quadruple-killer Christopher Vaughn getting sent to prison for the rest of his life was just one of the things going on at the Will County Courthouse this week.

Last week was a short one, with Thanksgiving Day and Thanksgiving Day II giving us a bit of a break from the courthouse. But we got right back to it Monday with the attorney for quadruple-killer Christopher Vaughn blaming the guilty verdict on Drew Peterson and Drew Peterson's lawyers, among other things. The judge didn't buy this line of reasoning and declined to call a do-over and hold a whole new trial. Then he slammed Vaughn with four life sentences. That was rough. But at least Vaughn got an early start at serving all that time, as the county packed him off to Stateville Correctional Center the very next day. But that's not all. Let's look at what else was going on down at the courthouse during the week that just ended:

In this Article:

Court Supervision: Give Thanks, Blame it on Drew Peterson, Says Killer Chris Vaughn's Lawyer (in Channahon-Minooka Patch), Drew Peterson (in Joliet Patch), and 6 more ›

Nicole

10:27 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012

I sure hope it was 4 life without the possibility of parole! Scumbag!   more ›

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Special Prosecutor Won't Prosecute Will County Board Member's Son

A special prosecutor brought in to try Will County Board member Steve Wilhelmi's son for battery dropped the case but is still going after two pals of the young man. The fathers of these two men are not on the county board.

When Will County Board member Steve Wilhelmi's son was first arrested for allegedly whipping a man with his belt, he only faced charges of misdemeanor battery and mob action. Then the mob action charge went away, and now he's charged with nothing. A special prosecutor called in to try Wilhelmi's 21-year-old son, Alex Wilhelmi of 1108 Taylor St., Joliet, dropped the case Thursday morning. But David Neal of the Special Prosecution Unit of the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's office is still going after the two men arrested along with Alex Wilhelmi on July 1. Daniel Duffy, 23, of 503 Wilcox St. faces a charge of battery and Manuel Borrego, 24, of 319 Hunter Ave. is up for both battery and drunken driving. Duffy and Borrego do not have…

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James Glasgow (in Joliet Patch), Judge's Son on 2nd Heroin Case in 6 Years Can Get Out in 4 Months (in Shorewood Patch), Road Rage Riot Ends in Arrest of County Board Member's Son, 2 Others (in Joliet Patch), and 4 more ›

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Anon

3:03 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013

He whips someone today and doesn't pay the price what about rape, murder. You will be seeing his name in the papers again for more vicious acts in the future. Sad that who you know is the LAW.   more ›

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