Court Watch: Evidence in Hand Against Man Accused of Punching and Choking a Girl
And the Tinley Park Park District board president accused of theft has a trial date set for next year. A roundup of the week's courthouse action.
Major criminal and civil cases from the Southland heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. OAK FOREST—Nicholas Sord of Orland Park is scheduled back in court on Dec. 15 to continue pretrial hearings. He was charged with aggravated driving under the influence and reckless homicide relating to the death of New Lenox resident Jessica Mejia on New Year’s Eve 2009 near 147th Street and Oak Park Avenue. The Mejia family has since filed a lawsuit against the Cook County Sheriff’s Department alleging that deputies took nude photos of Mejia while investigating the accident. OAK LAWN—Prosecutors have finished gathering and exchanging evidence in the case of Michael T. Kelly, a former Village of Oak Lawn employee accused of beating and …
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