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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Snitch in Jailhouse Hit Man Case Popped on Domestic Battery Rap

The man who wore a wire and allegedly recorded a jailed Frankfort lawyer trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife was arrested in Crest Hill.

The star witness in the case against a Frankfort lawyer charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife was arrested for allegedly hitting a woman. The witness, Brian McDaniel, who allegedly wore a wire to catch attorney Robert Gold-Smith's murderous plans, was booked into the Will County jail on a domestic battery charge Wednesday night. It was in that very same jail that McDaniel, 49, and Gold-Smith, 50, first met. After making Gold-Smith's acquaintance, McDaniel voluntarily wore a wire for detectives with the sheriff's department, sources said, and recorded his fellow-inmate attempting to set up his wife's murder. Gold-Smith was in jail for allegedly attacking and brutally beating his wife in a courthouse hallway in November 2010…

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Cynthia Bergier

11:32 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013

Patch had a meeting and amped-up the sensational titles. They also decided to come-down on comments.   more ›

Friday, January 4, 2013

Frankfort Lawyer on Murder-For-Hire Rap Gets Some Attorney-Hire Money

The Frankfort lawyer charged with trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife got back a cool $2,500 so he can hire a lawyer.

A Will County judge is giving back the bond money he revoked from a Frankfort lawyer so he can hire an attorney to defend him against charges he tried to hire a hitman to kill his wife. The Frankfort lawyer, 50-year-old Robert Gold-Smith, had been out on bond after allegedly attacking his wife outside a Will County courtroom following a November 2010 divorce hearing. Gold-Smith allegedly beat his wife in a courthouse hallway in front of numerous witnesses. According to a psychiatrist's report, Gold-Smith said he "blacked out" during the attack. "I do not remember," he is quoted as saying in the report. "I was on a cloud watching everything; it seems so surreal. It seems as if I was in a dream. From the records it indicated that I hit her. …

jaime

8:49 am on Saturday, January 5, 2013

It's a typo, get over yourself Janet   more ›

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