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Four adults, including Houle, his son and two friends, were in the home on Kara Court at the time of the fire. Houle’s son’s friend heard the smoke detector going off and alerted others, fire officials said. Janozik said someone in the home tried to put out the fire, but were unable to control the blaze.
The terms of Blagojevich’s supervised release period, originally imposed by U.S. District Judge James Zagel, were standard, including not committing any new crimes, not leaving the jurisdiction without permission, and checking in periodically with a probation officer, court records show.
Indeed, “(s)trains between the Democratic-controlled House and Senate, under two new leaders, were evident when the House (under Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch) indicated its work for the spring session was largely finished and members headed home. The Senate, under President Don Harmon of Oak Park, planned to return to work later Tuesday and assess an unfinished legislative landscape,” the Tribune’s Rick Pearson, Dan Petrella and Bill Ruthhart write.
COPA spokesman Ephraim Eaddy, however, said the 17-year-old’s family would be able to obtain the video under Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s new executive order that went into effect in March, allowing alleged victims of police abuse to review video evidence in their cases. But as of Tuesday morning, Eaddy said COPA has not received word of such a request.
The next day at the warehouse, authorities executed a search warrant and said they found approximately 40 pallets of vacuum-sealed cannabis weighing 7,688 pounds, 406 pounds of cannabis edibles, 6,891 THC vaping cartridges and more than 700 grams of psilocybin mushroom bars.
In fact, the brief cites the case against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who famously argued that his efforts to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama in 2008 were not tied directly to any campaign donations, jobs or other things of value, and therefore did not constitute a bribe.
In the first case, Ivan Bermudez, 43, pleaded guilty during a video hearing to one count of conspiracy to commit burglary involving a controlled substance for breaking into three Walgreens stores in the Logan Square, Humboldt Park and Irving Park neighborhoods on the evening of May 31, 2020.
Victim Elijah Reyna and second person were walking toward the Shogun Japanese steakhouse at 596 Route 59 when they saw rival gang member Giovanni Portillo, 25, of the 1300 block of Andover Drive, seated at a nearby patio, a state’s attorney’s office news release said.
Chris Guza holds a sign in support of Cotton the pig during a Morton Grove adjudication hearing at Village Hall on June 1. The Minx family, Cotton’s owners, had been ticketed by the village for keeping a prohibited animal, but an agreement will allow Cotton to remain in the home. (Jennifer Johnson / Pioneer Press)
His 34-month sentence would be served through the Lake County Community Transition Court under Judge Salvador Vasquez, Cappas said. It helps offenders transition back with services, such as like helping with driver’s licenses and frequent court monitoring. If he completes the program, his sentence can be forgiven early, Cappas said. Hannah would also receive time credited for his incarceration since December.