Saturday, April 7, 2012
In Other Courthouse News: A 72-year-old Mokena man was accused of sexually abusing three young relatives. Trial postponed again for animal rescue owner.
The Southland's major criminal and civil cases heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. TINLEY PARK — Animal Cruelty Trial Postponed Without Presiding Judge Dawn Hamill was charged with several dozen counts of animal cruelty and neglect of owner's duties following a raid on her Tinley Park business in February 2011. Her attorney will try again to get the charges tossed out. NEW LENOX — Attorneys said they have begun “kicking around” a possible plea deal for the man accused of murdering Dwight Jones but have not reached a formal offer. Prosecutors allege that after Rodney Julun bludgeoned Jones inside his New Lenox Township home, in June 2011, he and two other men proceeded to rob Jones’ house over the course of several days. …
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Dazzle's owner goes to trial March 7. Also, arraignment postponed for man accused of setting fire to his family's south suburban restaurant.
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
The Southland's major criminal and civil cases heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. TINLEY PARK — Trial starts March 7 for Dawn Hamill, the owner of Dazzle’s Painted Pastures Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, which was raided nearly one year ago. She faces dozens of counts related to animal cruelty and neglect. More than 100 animals, including a dead cat and horse, were seized from Hamill’s Tinley Park property, which prosecutors have painted as a den of feces and urine, with inadequate space and heat. When put on the stand last month for a pretrial issue, Hamill described an environment of “healthy” and “playful” animals, though she admitted that the sanctuary had been twice cited for unsanitary conditions by the Illinois …
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Dawn Hamill was charged with several dozen counts of animal cruelty and neglect of owner's duties following a raid on her Tinley Park business in February 2011.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
A search warrant that led to the raid of a Tinley Park animal shelter was executed with probable cause, ruled a Cook County judge Tuesday after wading through hours of witness testimony. Dawn Hamill, owner of Dazzle’s Painted Pastures Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, was charged with 38 counts related to animal cruelty and neglect of owner's duties following the Feb. 11 seizure of more than 100 animals from her property. Her attorney, Steven Decker, contends that statements of animal neglect made in the search warrant were deliberately false. He criticized those statements in court, saying they questionably rely on a county inspector and a third-party source named "J. Doe." His argument hinged in part on an affidavit from Dr. Randall Verink, a…
Friday, April 15, 2011
Accused former boss says she can verify where she and her car were that day with a GPS unit.
Former Painted Pastures employee Christine Kelly has filed another harassment complaint against Dawn Hamill, her former boss. Hamill, 41, of the 5500 block of 175th Street in Tinley Park, has been charged with 15 counts of animal cruelty and neglect. Cook County Sheriff's Police raided the animal sanctuary in Tinley Park on Feb. 11 and rescued 100 animals. Others, including a miniature horse, were found dead. Kelly’s latest complaint, filed with Orland Hills police on the afternoon of March 25, contends that Hamill was seen that afternoon circling her new place of work in a blue Hummer. She filed a similar complaint with Oak Forest police just four days prior. Kelly also told Orland Hills police that she has been receiving harassing emails…
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Dawn Hamill of Tinley Park was charged with seven new misdemeanors in addition to eight previous charges of animal neglect and cruelty.
Dawn Hamill of Tinley Park has been charged with seven additional crimes related to the care of animals at Dazzle's Painted Pasture, the animal sanctuary raided by sheriff's police in February, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said Thursday afternoon. Hamill had been arrested Wednesday morning but the sheriff's office did not detail the charges until late Thursday afternoon. They charges include forging rabies certificates and practicing veterinary medicine without a license, the sheriff's office said. These add to the eight cruelty and neglect charges Hamill faces over the conditions at the shelter. When it was raided in February, more than 100 animals were rescued. Some animals, including a minature horse, were found dead. The rescued …
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Cook County Sheriff's officials confirmed Dawn Hamill, 41, of Tinley Park, was arrested Wednesday but could not say what charges were filed.
Dawn Hamill, the owner/operator of Dazzle's Painted Pasture, an animal sanctuary raided in February, was arrested Wednesday, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said. Hamill, 41, faces cruelty and neglect charges over the conditions at the shelter, but officials contacted Wednesday afternoon could not say if the arrest was due to the shelter or not. More recently, a former employee of Dazzle's Painted Pastures told Oak Forest Police Hamill was following her. On Feb. 11, Dazzle's Painted Pastures, an animal shelter located in unincorporated Tinley Park, was raided by sheriff's police for cruelty and neglect. About 100 animals were removed from the shelter. Some animals, including a miniature horse, were found dead. Sheriff's office photos …
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Photos of the conditions of animals at Dazzle's Painted Pastures Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, raided by the sheriff's office and animal rescue workers on Friday.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Our goal in publishing these photos is not to be shocking, but to show the conditions at Dazzle's Painted Pastures Animal Rescue and Sanctuary as police and animal control officials found them during a raid on Friday. Sheriff's police, the Animal Welfare League of Chicago Ridge and Cook County Animal Control removed 63 dogs, 31 cats and six rabbits from the shelter in unincorporated Tinley Park. Investigators also removed 30 horses, ponies, sheep, goats and llamas. Director Dawn Hamill, 41, was charged Friday with eight counts of neglect of owner's duties and two counts of cruel treatment. According to sheriff's police, Hamill thanked investigators for intervening in a situation that had gotten fatally out of hand. Among the dead animals …
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3:38 pm on Friday, December 30, 2011
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