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- 3 years in prison for Wisconsin man who battered, attempted to disarm police officers in Richmond
- Lake Villa man charged in violent armed robbery in Round Lake that left victim injured
- Highland Park Police Department’s newest canine chooses his own name
- Antioch man undergoes surgery after inhaling drill bit during routine procedure at dentist
- 5 years in prison for woman who violated probation sentence in drug-induced homicide death of McHenry man
- Waukegan roofing company faces $360K in fines after feds say workers were exposed to ‘deadly fall hazards’
- Woman flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being heavily trapped in crash in Cary
- McHenry County sheriff’s sergeant named officer of the year for helping solve ‘gruesome killing’
- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker drops mask requirement for public transportation following federal ruling
- 5 years in prison for Waukegan man convicted of DUI in high-speed crash that killed his friend near Gurnee
| 3 years in prison for Wisconsin man who battered, attempted to disarm police officers in Richmond Posted: 20 Apr 2022 05:17 PM PDT   A Wisconsin man was sentenced to three years in prison for an incident where he battered two police officers and attempted to take one of their service weapons in Richmond. Joseph G. Pickett, 26, of the 4200 block of West Le Grande Boulevard in Mequon, Wisconsin, was charged in May 2021 with four counts of aggravated battery on a peace officer, aggravated assault, resisting a peace officer, three counts of possession of a controlled substance and attempting to disarm a peace officer. A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court said that officers with the Richmond Police Department attempted to arrest Pickett around 10:35 p.m. on May 15. Pickett struck an officer with open hands and grabbed the officer by his duty belt as he resisted arrest, the complaint said. Pickett struck a second officer on his arm and spit on him. Pickett then pushed the first officer and grabbed him as he refused to be handcuffed, the complaint said. During the scuffle, Pickett attempted to disarm the first officer by trying to take his service weapon from its holster, the complaint said. The complaint also said that the man swung his fist and kicked his feet at firefighters and paramedics with the Richmond Fire Protection District. Officers found Pickett in possession of methamphetamine, Alprazolam pills and cocaine. Pickett was released from custody after posting 10% of a $50,000 bond at the time of his arrest. On Tuesday, Pickett entered into a negotiated plea deal with the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office. He pleaded guilty to aggravated battery of a peace officer, a Class 2 felony, and possession of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony. In exchange, prosecutors dismissed the rest of his charges. McHenry County Judge Michael Coppedge approved the plea deal and sentenced him to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Pickett’s sentence will be served at 50%, according to sentencing documents. |
| Lake Villa man charged in violent armed robbery in Round Lake that left victim injured Posted: 20 Apr 2022 02:43 PM PDT   A Lake Villa man is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly robbing a man in Round Lake and hitting the victim in the head with a bludgeon. Keenan R.M. Queen, 22, of the 22300 block of Morton Drive in Lake Villa, was indicted by a grand jury last week on charges of armed robbery, a Class X felony, aggravated robbery, a Class 1 felony, and two counts of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony. A grand jury indictment filed in Lake County Circuit Court alleges Queen robbed a man on August 21 near South Bernice Court and Petite Road in Round Lake. Queen, who was armed with a firearm, took a phone, cash, and prescription glasses from the 19-year-old man during the robbery, the indictment said. Queen also struck the victim in the head with a bludgeon, causing bodily harm, the indictment said. The victim was treated by paramedics with the Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District. The most serious charge against Queen, armed robbery, is a Class X felony that carries a prison sentence of 21-45 years in prison. Queen has been held in the McHenry County Jail on a $250,000 bond since September 23 after being arrested by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. Queen’s September arrest stemmed from him being charged with drug-induced homicide for allegedly selling fentanyl-laced pills to a Cary man, causing his death. Court records show Queen’s McHenry County case remains active. He is scheduled to appear in court for a status hearing on a trial date on April 27. An arraignment hearing in Lake County court is scheduled to take place on April 29. |
| Highland Park Police Department’s newest canine chooses his own name Posted: 20 Apr 2022 12:42 PM PDT    The Highland Park Police Department’s first community service and wellness dog chose his own name during an honorary ceremony Monday. The highly-trained walker hound arrived in Highland Park last month with police officers Mike Lodesky and Darren Graff. The "pawfficer" will serve in a critical capacity assisting with bringing comfort and support to individuals in need who reach out to the police department for help, the city said. The dog's service will primarily focus on situations where he can reduce stress and fear in individuals who have been victims of a crime or other emergency situation. He will also be out and about in the community, stopping by schools and community events. Students at North Shore School District 112 schools and Highland Park High School were invited in February to submit name suggestions for the dog. The name options were presented to the dog next to plates of treats during a naming ceremony on Monday at the Highland Park Community House. The canine chose a treat that was on a plate with the nametag “Vinny,” which is short for Ravinia. During training, the dog was given the name “Duke” and has become very attached to it, the city said. “So, although his “pawsonnel file” says “Vinny,” you’ll hear our officers interact with the dog as “Duke,” which is the name he was given during his time at the Paws & Stripes College,” the city said.  Vinny Duke was trained free of charge through the Paws & Stripes College, a program of the Brevard County, Florida Sheriff's Office. The program represents a second chance for both the dogs, who are all shelter rescues, and carefully selected and trained county jail inmates, who serve as trainers. City officials said the trainers work hard to train dogs in voice commands, hand signals and other obedience skills, in addition to advanced training to serve as therapy dogs to victims and individuals in crisis. Highland Park Chief of Police Lou Jogmen said Vinny Duke has already been on a couple of calls and is living at the police station. “As a department, we are committed to implementing innovative ways to serve our community and enhance our ability to respond compassionately to crises and stressful situations. Our new community service dog will provide critical emotional support to individuals in need and accompany our officers in their visits around the community, engaging with residents of all ages,” Jogmen said. Ongoing community engagement to build relationships with residents and businesses is one of the city's primary public safety objectives, officials said. The addition of a community service dog will augment the police department's mental health and crisis intervention response toolkit, which includes mental health first aid training for all officers and crisis intervention training for all officers upon completion of two years of service. |
| Antioch man undergoes surgery after inhaling drill bit during routine procedure at dentist Posted: 20 Apr 2022 10:56 AM PDT    Doctors were able to successfully remove a drill bit from an Antioch man’s lungs after the man accidentally inhaled the bit during a dental procedure. Tom Jozsi, 60, went for a routine dental exam on March 18. He said in an interview published on Monday with WISN 12 that he was getting his tooth filled that day. “The next thing I knew, I was told I swallowed this tool. So I didn’t even really feel it going down. All I did really was feel the cough,” Jozsi said. Jozsi went to the Vista Medical Center in Lindenhurst but X-rays did not show the location of the object, Lake Geneva Regional News reported. The man told WISN that doctors later told him he did not swallow it, he actually inhaled the drill bit deep into his airway. Jozsi was transferred to Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Normal scopes could not reach the bit due to how deep it was in his lungs. Dr. Abdul Alraiyes and Dr. Hasnain Bawaadam used a machine, which is used for early cancer detection, to pull the object out. If doctors did not have the Ion robot biopsy machine, Jozsi would have had to undergo major surgery to remove part of his lung, Alraiyes said. “I was never so happy as when I woke up in the ER and Dr. Alraiyes came into the room and even with a mask on I could there was a smile under that mask. He said he got it and shook a pill container with it in it,” Jozsi told Lake Geneva Regional News. |
| Posted: 20 Apr 2022 08:34 AM PDT   A woman has been sentenced to five years in prison after she violated her probation sentence in connection with the drug-induced homicide of a McHenry man. Casey L. Johann, 24, of the 0-100 block of Curricle Road in Wheeling, and John M. Maly, 26, of the 2900 block of Wooded Lane in McHenry, were both charged in March 2021 with drug-induced homicide, a Class X felony. A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court alleged that Johann and Maly delivered fentanyl, a controlled substance, to Tyler D. Martin on October 23, 2020. Martin, 29, ingested the substance, causing his death, according to the complaint, which was filed by a McHenry County sheriff’s detective. A motion filed by McHenry County Assistant State’s Attorney Ken Hudson said that Martin was found dead at his McHenry home on October 24, 2020, following the overdose.
Hudson said that Johann and Maly delivered the fentanyl to Martin the night before he was found dead.  An autopsy confirmed that Martin died from the adverse effects of fentanyl. Court documents did not say how detectives linked Johann and Maly as the suspects. Hudson said in the motion that Maly has four separate felony convictions dating back to 2015 for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance. Court records show Johann pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted drug-induced homicide, a Class 1 felony. She was sentenced on September 9 to 30 months of felony probation and 250 hours of public service work. According to a petition for revocation of probation filed by prosecutors, Johann tested positive for opiates on multiple occasions in December despite being barred from consuming illegal drugs. Johann also failed to obtain a substance abuse evaluation within 30 days of her sentencing, the petition said. McHenry County Judge Michael Coppedge on Tuesday resentenced Johann to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, court records show. She will be required to serve the sentence at 50% and will receive 238 days of credit for time served. Maly, who pleaded not guilty to his charges, remains held in the McHenry County Jail and a status hearing for a trial date is scheduled for May 5. |
| Posted: 19 Apr 2022 05:58 PM PDT    A Waukegan-based roofing company with a history of violating federal safety standards has been cited again by OSHA for “exposing workers to deadly fall hazards,” federal officials said. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said on Tuesday that Joshua Herion, the owner of ECS Roofing Professionals, is facing proposed penalties of $360,531. In October, an OSHA inspector observed a foreman and two roofers atop a Hoffman Estates commercial building working at heights of up to 20 feet off the ground with inadequate fall protection, OSHA said in a statement. Just 10 days later, an OSHA inspector observed a crew of three working at heights greater than 12 feet atop a residential building in Waukesha, Wisconsin, without fall protection equipment. OSHA found ECS Roofing Professionals failed to equip workers with adequate fall protection equipment, train workers on its use, provide safe access to a ladder jack scaffold platform and ensure head and eye protection were used, the statement said. The agency issued one willful, four repeat and eight serious violations. OSHA's Chicago North Area Director Angeline Loftus, who investigated the Hoffman Estates job site, said in both of the incidents the foreman left the site and directed others to do so when OSHA inspectors began asking questions about their safety procedures. “This defiant act demonstrates Joshua Herion and his company's disregard for the safety and well-being of workers and the law,” Loftus said. “Fall hazards make roofing work among the construction industry's most dangerous jobs and among OSHA's most frequently cited safety hazards,” Loftus added. Since 2014, ECS Roofing Professionals has been cited seven times by OSHA for similar hazards at other job sites, officials said. The company has failed to respond to OSHA's requests for information, has not responded to citations from previous inspections and has had $139,656 in unpaid OSHA penalties referred to debt collection, OSHA said. “While ECS Roofing Professionals seem willing to ignore the dangers of falls and the potential for serious injuries or worse, OSHA will hold Joshua Herion and other roofing contractors accountable for failing to meet the legal requirements to provide safe working conditions,” said OSHA's Area Director Christine Zortman, who investigated the Waukesha job site. “Fall injuries and fatalities are preventable with the proper use of safety equipment and training,” Zortman said. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 1,008 construction workers died on the job in 2020 with 351 of those fatalities due to falls from elevation. ECS Roofing Professionals has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and penalties for the Hoffman Estates site and the Waukesha site to comply, request an informal conference with each of OSHA's area directors or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. |
| Woman flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being heavily trapped in crash in Cary Posted: 19 Apr 2022 04:15 PM PDT    A 61-year-old woman was flown to the hospital after she suffered life-threatening injuries and had to be extricated from her vehicle following a two-vehicle crash in Cary Tuesday morning. The Cary Fire Protection District and Cary Police Department responded at 11:44 a.m. Tuesday to East Main Street and Second Street in Cary for a motor vehicle crash. Firefighters arrived two minutes later and found two vehicles involved in a crash, according to Cary Fire Protection District Public Information Officer Michael Douglass. Both vehicles had heavy damage and there were three patients. One of the drivers, a 61-year-old woman, was trapped in her car, Douglass said.  A second ambulance and a heavy rescue truck were requested to the scene. Paramedics treated the woman while she was in her car as firefighters worked to extricate her. Douglass said it took firefighters 38 minutes to extricate the woman from her vehicle due to the damage. A Mercyhealth REACT medical helicopter from Rockford was requested and responded with a 19-minute estimated time of arrival. A landing zone was set up at an empty field along Three Oaks Road near Georgetown Drive, Douglass said. Paramedics transported the woman to the landing zone where she was transported by helicopter to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.  The woman sustained life-threatening injuries and was in serious condition, Douglass said. A passenger in the same car as the woman, a 62-year-old male, was transported by paramedics to Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington. The passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was in good condition, Douglass said. The driver of the other car involved in the crash was evaluated by paramedics from the Fox River Grove Fire Protection District. The driver refused to be transported to the hospital, Douglass said. The crash remains under investigation by the Cary Police Department. |
| McHenry County sheriff’s sergeant named officer of the year for helping solve ‘gruesome killing’ Posted: 19 Apr 2022 03:00 PM PDT    A McHenry County sheriff’s sergeant has been named officer of the year in Illinois for his role in investigating the “gruesome killing” of a missing woman from Holiday Hills. Sergeant Trent Raupp of the McHenry County Sheriff's Office was named the 2022 Most Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police. Sheriff Bill Prim nominated Raupp for the annual award citing his “outstanding achievements” as an investigator and his dedication to protecting the community. Raupp has held several roles in law enforcement, including his first role as a correctional officer in 2007 and later as deputy sheriff and detective. He has been with the McHenry County Sheriff's Office for 15 years and was promoted to sergeant in early 2022. In his nomination, Prim said Raupp played a critical role in investigating the disappearance of Michelle Arnold-Boesigner, who was reported missing to the Holiday Hills Police Department in early January 2021. Along with a team of officers, Raupp's “diligent work and thorough investigation” led to the discovery of Arnold-Boesigner’s body and the arrest of her boyfriend for her murder. Raupp joined the investigation when the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division was asked to assist in the case. Despite numerous dead ends tracking Arnold-Boesigner’s whereabouts, Raupp continued to analyze her social media accounts, cell phone data and previous police interactions to develop victimology. The FBI was investigating a missing persons and child abduction case in Wisconsin which involved Arnold-Boesigner’s boyfriend, Jonathan J. Van Duyn. He was charged with abducting his biological daughter from Wisconsin and the two were later located by the FBI living in a camper trailer in Hartsville, Indiana, and driving Arnold-Boesigner’s vehicle. The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police said that Raupp worked closely with the FBI and the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigations to analyze the data obtained through subpoenas on vehicles, cell phones, social media, bank records and I-PASS accounts. Raupp helped to plot the movements of Arnold-Boesigner and Van Duyn during the latter part of 2020 when he noticed a place in Roscoe, Illinois, frequently visited by the couple. The location was identified as a storage unit. After obtaining a search warrant, law enforcement located the woman’s body within Van Duyn's vehicle housed in the storage unit. The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office was notified and responded to the scene to collect evidence. Following months of interviews, additional search warrants, the coroner’s report, and a review with the Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s Office, Van Duyn was arrested and charged with the woman’s murder last August. Van Duyn pleaded guilty to kidnapping his 10-year-old daughter, an incident that happened a month after the murder of Arnold-Boesiger. ILACP Executive Director Ed Wojcicki said that the persistence displayed by Sgt. Raupp throughout the investigation and his work led to him being chosen as Officer of the Year. "Sheriff's offices and police departments often collaborate," Wojcicki said. "Our communities are always safer when we bring our resources together, as illustrated in the solving of Michelle Arnold-Boesiger’s gruesome killing near the Illinois-Wisconsin border," Wojcicki said. Raupp said he is “truly honored and humbled” by the recognition he has received from the McHenry County Sheriff's Office Administration and ILACP. He also credited the team of law enforcement professionals he has worked alongside. “Thank you to my fellow investigators, supervisors and deputies who assisted untold hours to bring the case to a close, as I could not have done it without them,” Raupp said. “Finally, I'd like to thank my family for their never-ending support throughout my career.” Raupp will be honored with his award on April 29 at the ILACP Annual Awards Banquet in Northbrook. |
| Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker drops mask requirement for public transportation following federal ruling Posted: 19 Apr 2022 01:41 PM PDT    Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday that he will be revising his executive order to no longer require face masks on public transit following a federal court ruling. Masks will no longer be required on public transit, in public transit hubs or in airports in Illinois, Pritzker’s office said in a statement. Executive Order 2022-06 will be amended to reflect those changes. Local municipalities still retain the right to establish their own mitigations, including masking requirements on public transportation, the governor’s office said. “I'm proud of the work our state has done to fight COVID-19 and protect our most vulnerable,” Pritzker said. “I continue to urge Illinoisans to follow CDC guidelines and, most importantly, get vaccinated to protect yourself and others,” he said. Acting Illinois Department of Public Health Director Amaal Tokars said the department is closely monitoring the status of COVID-19 throughout Illinois and working with local health partners. “The best way to protect yourself and your loved ones is to remain up-to-date on your vaccinations, and that includes booster shots, especially for those who are at risk for more severe health outcomes,” Tokars said. On Monday, a federal judge struck down the Biden administration’s mask mandate for planes, airports, trains and other public transportation. The decision stemmed from a lawsuit that was filed last July by two individuals along with the Health Freedom Defense Fund. The suit named the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and various government officials as defendants, seeking a declaratory judgment to have the mandate deemed unlawful. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, appointed to the Middle District of Florida, ruled Monday that the CDC’s mandate exceeds its authority and violates the procedures required for agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act. “It is indisputable that the public has a strong interest in combating the spread of COVID-19. In pursuit of that end, the CDC issued the mask mandate. But the mandate exceeded the CDC’s statutory authority, improperly invoked the good cause exception to notice and comment rulemaking, and failed to adequately explain its decisions,” the ruling said. “Because our system does not permit agencies to act unlawfully even in pursuit of desirable ends, the court declares unlawful and vacates the mask mandate,” the ruling said. |
| Posted: 19 Apr 2022 12:23 PM PDT   A Waukegan man was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for driving under the influence during a high-speed crash that left his 28-year-old friend dead near Gurnee. Timothy A. Sampson, 44, of the 0-100 block of South Dilger Avenue in Waukegan, was charged with four counts of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing death, a Class 2 felony. Sampson on Monday entered into a negotiated plea deal with the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, court records show. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing death, a Class 2 felony, in exchange for his other charges being dismissed. Sampson was the driver of a 2001 Jaguar X that crashed on Route 41 north of Kilbourne Road near Gurnee around 1:30 a.m. August 9, 2019. Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli said that the Jaguar was traveling northbound on Route 41 when Sampson lost control of the vehicle and it went off the roadway, striking a tree. Police found the vehicle in the trees east of the roadway with heavy damage. Sampson and his passenger, Patrick P. Murdock, 28, of Beach Park, were both trapped in the vehicle. Murdock, who was friends with Sampson, sustained significant injuries from the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene, Covelli said.  Sampson was extricated from the vehicle by firefighters and transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with serious injuries. The Lake County Sheriff's Office Technical Crash Investigations Team began an extensive investigation into the crash. Toxicology results, medical records, a full traffic crash reconstruction and other detailed information were gathered, Covelli said. Covelli said investigators determined Sampson was operating the vehicle under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident. Investigators said that Sampson’s intoxication was the proximate cause of Murdock's death. Investigators met with the Lake County State's Attorney's Office, who approved the felony charges and an arrest warrant was issued in January 2020. Police were unable to locate Sampson and the case was turned over to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Warrants Team. Sampson was located at a residence in Waukegan in March 2021 and taken into custody without incident. A Lake County judge on Monday approved Sampson’s plea deal and sentenced him to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Sampson was ordered held in the Lake County Jail pending transport to a state prison. |
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