Friday, September 7, 2012
A witness called by his own attorneys ended up swaying the jury into deciding Drew Peterson was guilty of murder, jurors said the day after the trial.
The entire jury in the Drew Peterson murder trial figured from the beginning of their deliberations that the disgraced ex-cop's third wife, Kathleen Savio, had been slain and was not the victim of an accident. But at the start only seven thought Peterson was guilty of killing her. It took the testimony of Savio's divorce lawyer—a witness called by Peterson's own attorneys—to tip the scales and send Peterson down on the murder rap, jurors said the day after they rendered their verdict. "The lawyer's testimony was the one that got us the most," said jury foreman Eduardo Saldana, a 22-year-old Bolingbrook resident and college student. Saldana said he initially "was more for the defense," but testimony from a minister who had counseled …
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Eight men and four women to decide if Vaughn, of Oswego, murdered of his wife and three children.
On the first day of jury selection eight men and four women were chosen to decide whether Christopher Vaughn walks free or spends the rest of his life behind bars. Six alternate jurors must still be selected. Will County Judge Daniel Rozak set a 9 a.m. Tuesday start time to pick the alternates. Vaughn has been locked up in the Will County jail since June 2007 on charges he murdered his wife and children. Vaughn, his wife Kimberly, 34, and children Blake, 8, Cassandra, 11, and Abigayle, 12 were heading from their Oswego home to a Springfield waterpark when he pulled off Interstate 55 and stopped on the frontage road outside Channahon. Christopher Vaughn then gunned down his wife and children as they sat in the family's minivan, according to…
Monday, July 23, 2012
Eight jurors were chosen in Drew Peterson's trial for the alleged murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio.
Will County Judge Edward Burmila held a marathon jury selection session Monday and empaneled eight jurors for the Drew Peterson murder trial. It was the very first day of jury selection and Burmila kept 31 of 40 prospective jurors for nearly 12 hours—past 9 p.m. Eight more people are needed for the 12-person jury and the four alternates. Peterson, who appeared in court in a gray jacket, dark pants, a new haircut—and without his trademark mustache—stands accused of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Savio was found drowned in a dry bathtub in March 2004. Depsite the tumultuous, occasionnally violent divorce she was going through with Peterson, and the strange circumstances of her death, the Illinois State Police quickly dismissed her…
Friday, February 3, 2012
Defendants allegedly to distribute cocaine from Channahon warehouse.
A retired Chicago police officer was taken into federal custody today immediately after a jury convicted him and four co-defendants of conspiracy to distribute multiple kilograms of cocaine. This was following a two-month trial in U.S. District Court. Convicted were Hector Uriarte, 33, formerly of Burr Ridge; his brother Jorge Uriarte, 31, formerly of Oak Forest; retired Chicago Police Officer Glenn Lewellen; Chicago residents Tony Sparkman, 25, and Robert Cardena, 32. Hector and Jorge Uriarte, along with Lewellen, Sparkman and Cardena, were free on bond, but were immediately taken into federal custody after the jury convicted them today of conspiracy to distribute multiple kilograms of cocaine with certain members and associates of a …
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10:23 am on Monday, September 10, 2012
It's still a stupid comment for the news and Will County to say Drew is the biggest monster and criminal in Will County history to go on trial. How stupid. more ›