Board Member's Son Made Racial Threat in Hate Crime Attack: Lawsuit
A young man allegedly attacked by a Will County Board member's son has filed a lawsuit claiming he was the victim of a hate crime.
A Joliet man allegedly whipped at the hands of a belt-wielding Will County Board member's son has filed a lawsuit claiming he was the victim of a hate crime. The suit names Alex Wilhelmi, the 21-year-old son of board member Steve Wilhelmi, D-Joliet, along with two of Alex Wilhelmi's friends—Manuel Borrego, 24, and Daniel Duffy, 23. Joliet resident Trey Travis, 20, filed the lawsuit this week at the Will County Courthouse. According to the suit, Travis was riding in a Saturn Vue with two other men on July 1 when Borrego turned his Pontiac Grand Prix into the path of their vehicle. Duffy and Wilhelmi were riding with Borrego, the suit said. Words were exchanged and Travis got out of the Saturn, the suit said. Alex Wilhelmi, Borrego and Duffy…
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Jax
8:06 am on Friday, April 12, 2013
typical, daddy due to the good ol boys club gets son off..Joliet politics is a legal form of the mafia..This kids knows he is basically bullet proof cause daddy will get him off. I hope this kid wins his lawsuit then maybe daddy Wilhelmi might put this kid over his knee a whoop his ass for being such a lil punk. more ›