Man sentenced to five years in prison for arson

Tristain Jackson, 19, of Urbana, was sentenced to five years in prison for setting fire to an apartment building in Urbana. According to Champaign County prosecutor, Nick Selvaggio, there was no excuse for the crime, and Jackson had a long criminal history including hard drug use. Selvaggio states, “What’s problematic for Mr. Jackson is his...

Assault and Battery Defense

December 21st, 2011

Holiday light display covers a Rossville home

Champaign criminal defense attorneys of Bruno Law Offices are thrilled to announce a fantastic holiday light display for the whole family to see. Gary and Debbie Kinnett of Rossville create a spectacular holiday light display outside their home each Christmas season. The family strings 33,000 lights over anything and everything on their property. Gary purchases...

Criminal Defense

December 15th, 2011

Champaign woman sentenced to probation for sex crime

Lynnette McIntyre, 45, of Champaign, was conditionally sentenced to two years probation for having sex with a teenage boy she was tutoring. McIntyre pleaded guilty to committing a sex act with a 17 year old boy in her apartment at the 2400 block of North Neil Street. The boys parents found sexually explicit text messages on his...

Assault and Battery Defense

December 8th, 2011

Illinois law professor slashed in Champaign train station

Joshua Scaggs, 23, of Fithian, was arrested and charged on Wednesday for attempted murder and aggravated battery charges after he cut the throat of Dhammika Dharmapala, a University of Illinois law professor. The incident occurred at a Champaign train station, and according to a witness, Dharmapala was standing in a waiting area when Scaggs jumped...

Criminal Defense

December 1st, 2011

Decatur man sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexual assualt

Steven E. Williams, 49, of Decatur, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually molesting a 13 year old girl. The girl was in his care between March and May 2011 while Williams was living in Sidney. He admitted to engaging in sex acts with the girl, and pleaded guilty to predatory criminal sexual...

Criminal Defense

November 17th, 2011

Champaign man arrested for murder

George Harold Chapman, 41, of Champaign was arrested in South Carolina and charged with murder. Chapman was charged with the murder of Angelica M. Vasquez, 43, of Danville, whose body was dumped in west Champaign on Sept 27. Authorities found the body on Rising Road just north of Bradley Avenue. According to Lt. Ed Ogle of the...

Assault and Battery Defense

October 25th, 2011

Marine Corps vet charged with aggravated assault

Joshua Fourman, 28, of Champaign was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after his wife called 911 when he threatened to shoot her and himself with a .40 caliber pistol. Police responded immediately, and Fourman responded peacefully. He was taken to VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville. Fourman served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and is veteran...

Criminal Defense

April 18th, 2011

Social media activity could be incriminating

With more and more people becoming involved in posting content, comments, photos, pictures, and personal profiles on the internet, courts are using this online activity as evidence. In criminal courts, social media activity on websites like Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter, as well as other online activity on dating sites or video/photography uploading sites like Youtube,...

Criminal Defense

March 16th, 2011

Gov. Quinn repeals death penalty in Illinois

Last week, Governor Quinn signed a bill to repeal the death penalty in the state of Illinois. “We cannot have a death penalty system in our state that kills innocent people. Unfortunately, that system was in grave danger of doing exactly that in 20 different instances in Illinois,” said Quinn. The capital punishment system in...

Criminal Defense

December 15th, 2010

Two teens shot in Champaign

Two weeks ago, two teens were shot in a drive-by shooting. According to police reports, the men were found in the street on the 1000 block of Northwood Drive. Witnesses say a red Mercury Grand Marquis traveling westbound on Northwood when one of the vehicle’s occupants rolled down the windows, yelled at the two men...

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