Courthouse sources say that three Circuit Court Judges will retire this year. One has already done so–Mareen McIntyre. She was replaced by Associate Judge Robert Wilbrandt, who, in a previous life, was McHenry County Public Defender. Another Judge said to … Continue reading
Circuit Court Judge Maureen McIntyre is retiring on December 31st. In her place the Illinois Supreme Court has named Associate Judge Robert A. Wilbrandt, effective on January 3, 2017. The order was issued on October 27th. Judge Wilbrandt will have … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County State’s Attorney: McHenry County State’s Attorney Kicks Off Red Ribbon Week Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces the joint celebration of Red Ribbon Week with local schools. Red Ribbon Week commemorates … Continue reading
Come about five o’clock Saturday afternoon, Richard Vanecko will have spent the first of sixty days for which he was sentenced. Since the crime was committed in Cook County, the natural place to serve his time would have been Cook … Continue reading
You have to wonder at whom the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board is aiming its repetitive editorials that McHenry County Circuit Court Judge Maureen McIntyre. It certainly can’t be her constituents, because the Sun-Times’ circulation in McHenry County wasn’t large enough … Continue reading
There have been many articles and one editorial about the worthiness of McHenry County Circuit Judge Maureen McIntyre to preside at the trial of Richard Daley nephew R.J. Vanecko in his involuntary manslaughter case involving David Koschman. Today, Chicago Sun-Times … Continue reading
Today Judge Maureen McIntyre is the subject of another big story in the Chicago-Sun Times. The Sun-Times is interested in McIntyre because she has been selected to be the judge in the Richard Vanecko trial about David Koschman’s beating death … Continue reading
After reading yesterday’s front page story about Judge Maureen McIntyre, maybe I should have guessed that there would have been an editorial today calling for her to “Step Aside.” The first reason was her divorce from her husband, who continues … Continue reading
Again the Chicago Sun-Times put McHenry County Circuit Court Judge Maureen McIntyre on its front page today. The article does a good job of tying McIntyre’s ex-husband, with whom she still resides, with the Democratic Machine at the time of … Continue reading
After revealing on its first three pages a Boone County divorce decree in which most family assets ended up in McHenry County Judge Maureen McIntyre’s name despite her lawyer husband’s owing big money, today the Chicago Sun-Times lit into her … Continue reading
By now any McHenry County lawyer with an internet connection has read the story about Maureen McIntyre’s divorce from her husband Raymond X. Henehan. The went to law school together, fell in love and got married. Henehan got into financial … Continue reading
The waiting is over for those wanting to know who will preside over the trial of Richard J. “R.J.” Vanecko, the Richard M. Daley nephew who decked David Koschman in a 2004 sidewalk fight from which the much smaller man … Continue reading
Three McHenry County Circuit Court Judges are on the ballot for retention. They run unopposed on what is called a “retention” ballot. If they receive 60% of the vote, they get another six years. If they don’t, they are off … Continue reading
When I wrote the article yesterday on Deputy Sheriff Bob Schlenkert’s victory in the 2nd Appellate Court, I didn’t have the decision. Now, I do. This decision came down three days after the oral arguments. I’m no student of appellate … Continue reading
Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore took her dispute with Township Trustees Betty Zirk, Gerald McMahon, Rob LaPorta and Barbara Murphy to court Wednesday. She’s in civil court seeking injunctive relief to regain her role as chief executive of the township. … Continue reading
The McHenry County State’s Attorney has captured the cost incurred when the Illinois State Board of Elections failed to place Circuit Court Judge Maureen McIntyre on the ballot. Lou Bianchi’s press release follows: “Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, … Continue reading
Thanks to Gus Philpott’s “Woodstock Advocate” for pointing me to the Seneca Township web site NoForPit opposing the Merryman gravel pit zoning. The opponents have this update from Judge Maureen McIntyre’s courtroom: Merryman Gravel Pit permit DENIED for the 3rd … Continue reading
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a data base with those who get state paychecks. The 2008 information is arrayed from highest to lowest. It comes straight from the State Comptroller’s Office. I remember when this information was only supplied to … Continue reading
