Attorney: Throw Out Arrest of Victim Nabbed on Weapons Charge During Ashford House Brawl

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. …

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In the Rear View: Plea Deal and Superintendent Search

We look back at a week of the National Night Out Against Crime, ending a commute, arguing validity of arrests, Dunkin Donuts theft and a not-so-special session.

MONDAY D135 Board Assembles Superintendent Requirements (Live Blog Transcript) The Orland School District 135 Board of Education also approved a joint-food service agreement with District 146, and read a full policy on showing movies in classrooms. Read the live blog transcript. Comings & Goings: Tinley Repair Shop Serves 100,000th Customer Foundation dedicated to comforting children and teens fighting cancer moves into a new location in Orland Park. End of the Line for Metra Commuter after 40 Years Orland Park woman takes last ride home after 40 years of riding the rails. TUESDAY Adopt Me: Shadow Knows ... a Few Tricks This pitbull and labrador mix is just waiting to be adopted. WEDNESDAY Ashford House 5 Lawyers Call Arrest 'Invalid' …

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Ashford House 5 Lawyers Call Arrest 'Invalid'

Lawyers representing the five men accused of attacking a group of alleged white supremacists in May motioned Tuesday to suppress evidence gathered in the traffic stop that led to their arrest.

Attorneys representing five men who were accused in May of an attack at a Tinley Park restaurant said Tuesday morning that they believe the traffic stop leading to the group's arrest was illegal. They filed a motion shortly after 11 a.m. to suppress evidence gathered during that stop, in which Indiana men John Tucker, 26; Cody Sutherlin, 23; Dylan Sutherlin, 20; Alex Stuck, 22; and Jason Sutherlin, 33; were arrested. Sign up for Orland Park Patch breaking news alerts. "Basically, we're saying that the arrest was invalid," Cody Sutherlin’s attorney, James Fennery, said. "We believe there was an unlawful stop of the vehicle." Asked what would deem the stop "unlawful," Fennery only clarified to say it "involves the vehicle" and the "…

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Mike F.

6:33 pm on Saturday, August 18, 2012

"'You can't just stop any car driving down the street.' Am I missing something? Sounds to me like the car the officer stopped was not just "any" car, but was the car being driven by the bad guys. I assume a description of the vehicle was given out to officers and that vehicle obviously matched the description since it was actually the vehicle. There must be more to that because this makes no …   more ›