The afternoon of the second day of the indirect contempt of court trial of McHenry County Special Prosecutor Thomas “Tom” McQueen consisted mainly of Lou Bianchi defense attorney and prosecutor of the McQueen case Terry Ekl’s questioning McQueen about his … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tom Carroll
It’s been a month over two years since former Deputy Sheriff and 2010 GOP primary election opponent Zane Seipler filed his case asking for a Special Prosecutor to probe whether Sheriff Keith Nygren used government resources in his campaign for … Continue reading
The suit that had been virtually promised by McHenry County State Lou Bianchi during the two trials brought by Special Prosecutors Henry Tonigan and Thomas McQueen has been filed in Federal Court. It outlines fifteen counts, which I’ll wade through … Continue reading
Today McHenry County blog looks at March, 2011, billings from Quest International. Quest is the company selected by McHenry County Special Prosecutor Henry Tonigan in his unsuccessful quest to convict McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi of felony criminal offenses. … Continue reading
With Tom Carroll, the Chief of the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Civil Division having resigned, that position needs to be replaced. Assistant State’s Attorney Christiana Webb has been put in charge, at least for the time being, State’s Attorney Lou … Continue reading
Since he testified against his boss McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi, things have probably been pretty tense in the office. Today, according to the Northwest Herald, Carroll resigned from the State’s Attorney’s Office. No reason way. No replacement named … Continue reading
Below is what Judge Joseph McGraw ruled in the criminal trial of McHenry County State’s Attorney and his assistant Joyce Synek: STATE OF ILLINOIS) ) SS: COUNTY OF McHENRY) IN THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE PEOPLE OF … Continue reading
I’m not going to go into details, but one of the exhibits presented by McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi’s defense attorney, Terry Ekl, makes it clear to me that Assistant State’s Attorney Tom Carroll will never be State’s Attorney. … Continue reading
Last Thursday Special State’s Attorney Henry Tonigan filed a second indictment against McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi. Tonigan held a press conference about his grand jury’s four-day ago indictments today, but didn’t let me know it was to be … Continue reading
Reading that 2008 McHenry County State’s Attorney candidate Dan Regna, who lost big time to embattled State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi, intends to run for the office in 2012, made me think that readers might be interested in the process of … Continue reading
The following press release comes from the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office about collecting fines folks have neglected to pay: STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COLLECTS OVER 145K IN OUTSTANDING FINES AND COSTS FOR McHENRY COUNTY TAXPAYERS Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County … Continue reading
So, after hearing of the counter suit filed the Monday before last by township trustees against Supervisor Linda Moore after Moore filed her Separation of Powers suit, I wrote the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office asking whether a governmental body … Continue reading
I was there to take photos, but I’ll allow a press release from the man who nominated Laine for the 2009 Law Enforcement Award, McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi, explain it. Chief Russell Laine Receives Award Louis A. Bianchi, … Continue reading
The more statements from candidates that McHenry County Blog receives and publishes, the more I realize that it is playing an important role documenting what candidate’s want people to hear without the perceptual screen of a newspaper editor. I don’t … Continue reading
The more statements from candidates that McHenry County Blog receives and publishes, the more I realize that it is playing an important role documenting what candidate’s want people to hear without the perceptual screen of a newspaper editor. I don’t … Continue reading
Tuesday night Anchor Towing operator Dan Hunt make a presentation to the McHenry County Board on what he called the “unintended consequences” of the county ordinance on towing that was passed 24-0 in February. (There are 24 board members.) Sponsored … Continue reading
Tuesday night Anchor Towing operator Dan Hunt make a presentation to the McHenry County Board on what he called the “unintended consequences” of the county ordinance on towing that was passed 24-0 in February. (There are 24 board members.) Sponsored … Continue reading