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Mount Prospect man sentenced to three years for sexually abusing a teen
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/13/11
Jorge Jiminez, 22, of Mount Prospect, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a now 14-year-old girl. A Cook County judge sentenced him to three years in prison. FULL STORY
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/13/11
Jorge Jiminez, 22, of Mount Prospect, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a now 14-year-old girl. A Cook County judge sentenced him to three years in prison. FULL STORY
Defendant gets four years for Prospect Heights shooting
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/13/11
Carlos Teran, 20, of Prospect Heights was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated discharge of a weapon during a February 2011 altercation outside ofan apartment in the 600 block of Piper Lane. FULL STORY
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/13/11
Defendant receives 15 years for Streamwood shooting
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/13/11
Jose Hernandez, 20, of Hanover Park, pled guilty to aggravated battery with a firearm and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The shooting took place in April 2010 near a Streamwood outdoor basketball court. FULL STORY
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/13/11
Jury finds man guilty of Wheeling rape
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/13/11
After nearly 17 hours of deliberations, a jury in Rolling Meadows found Matthew Schaffer, 33, guilty of raping a woman and stealing her property in a 2010 home invasion at the Wheeling condo where she was staying. FULL STORY
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/13/11
Jury deliberations to continue Monday in Wheeling rape case
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/10/11
After a judge had them keep deliberating Friday when they said they couldn't agree, he ordered jurors to return Monday in the trial of Matthew Schaffer, accused of raping and robbing a woman in Wheeling. FULL STORY
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/10/11
Defendant testifies in sex assault trial
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/09/11
Matthew Schaffer admitted to one crime but denied another when he took the stand Thursday to answer sexual assault and other charges. "I'm not happy to admit it, but I was a weed dealer for many years," said Schaffer. But the Highland Park man... FULL STORY
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/09/11
Testimony continues in Wheeling rape trial
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/08/11
Testimony continues in the sexual assault and home invasion trial of Matthew Schaffer, 33, who prosecutors say assaulted an out-of-town woman last year at the Wheeling condo where she was staying with friends. FULL STORY
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/08/11
Victim in Wheeling rape case describes attack
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/07/11
An out-of-town visitor who said she was raped at the Wheeling condo where she was staying testified Tuesday in the trial of Matthew Schaffer. FULL STORY
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/07/11
Defendants plead not guilty in Arlington Heights murder
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/06/11
The four men indicted in the slaying of Arlington Heights widower George Nellessen pleaded not guilty at their arraignment Monday. The victim's son Mathew Nellessen, Marlon L. Green, and brothers Armon and Azari Braden have been charged with... FULL STORY
By Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer - 06/06/11
Trial begins for man accused of a Wheeling rape
By Barbara Vitello | Legal Affairs Writer - 06/06/11
Jury selection begins Monday in the rape trial of Mathew Schaffer, charged with assaulting an out-of-state visitor at the Wheeling condo where she was staying in May, 2010. FULL STORY
By Barbara Vitello | Legal Affairs Writer - 06/06/11
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