Rear View

In the Rear View: Police Ride Along and Superintendent Survey

We look back at a week of contraceptive coverage, pizza picks, blizzard memories, motion backtracks, cameras in court and Super Bowl snacks.

MONDAY Chasing Down Thieves in the Retail Capital of the South Suburbs Patch spent a night riding with an Orland Park police officer for a firsthand view of a night on local patrol. Vote: Do You Want Cameras in Criminal Court Rooms? The decision is being heralded for its transparency, but will it come at a cost to individual rights? TUESDAY Prosecutors Now Say Defendant in DUI Death Case Did Not Violate Bond Terms Nicholas Sord's defense attorney will soon ask a judge for time to independently review DNA samples to provide his side of the crash that killed Jessica Mejia. On Patrol: You Never Know What You'll Face Part two of Patch’s ride along with an Orland Park police officer working a night shift. WEDNESDAY Lipinski: Abortion, …

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Prosecutors: Man Accused of Drunk Driving Death Failed Drug Test

As a condition of bond, Nicholas Sord, of Orland Park, was required to take random drug tests. Prosecutors aim to remove his bond, which would keep Sord in jail while awaiting trial.

An Orland Park man accused in a fatal drunken driving crash may await trial in Cook County jail for testing positive for opiates and violating the conditions of his release, Sun-Times Media reported. According to the Sun-Times, Cook County prosecutors will be looking to remove Nicholas Sord's $200,000 bond, which required that he take random drug tests. Sord was nearly three times over the blood-alcohol limit on New Year’s Day 2010 when he lost control of his SUV near 147th Street and Oak Park Avenue, killing his 20-year-old girlfriend, Jessica Mejia, of New Lenox. Sord’s attorney, Jeff Aprati, said after court Wednesday that Sord broke his wrist five or six weeks ago and was taking the narcotic painkiller Vicodin, though he didn’t know …

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