Deputy who struck, killed bicyclist sentenced to community service

Cullertons son pleads guilty to DUI
The son of Illinois Senate President John Cullerton pleaded guilty in Cook County traffic court Friday morning to driving drunk in his father’s state-owned SUV last April. Dressed in a gray suit, Garritt Cullerton, 27, quietly plead guilty to a Misdemeanor drunken driving charge. Judge Sharon O. Johnson sentenced Cullerton to two years conditional discharge — similar to Probation — plus mandatory Alcohol treatment, 240 hours of Community Service and fined him $1,250. He also re...

Cullertons son pleads guilty to DUI
The son of Illinois Senate President John Cullerton pleaded guilty in Cook County traffic court Friday morning to driving drunk in his father’s state-owned SUV last April. Dressed in a gray suit, Garritt Cullerton, 27, quietly plead guilty to a Misdemeanor drunken driving charge. Judge Sharon O. Johnson sentenced Cullerton to two years conditional discharge — similar to Probation — plus mandatory Alcohol treatment, 240 hours of Community Service and fined him $1,250. He also re...

Cullertons son pleads guilty to DUI
The son of Illinois Senate President John Cullerton pleaded guilty in Cook County traffic court Friday morning to driving drunk in his father’s state-owned SUV last April. Dressed in a gray suit, Garritt Cullerton, 27, quietly plead guilty to a Misdemeanor drunken driving charge. Judge Sharon O. Johnson sentenced Cullerton to two years conditional discharge — similar to Probation — plus mandatory Alcohol treatment, 240 hours of Community Service and fined him $1,250. He also re...

Cullertons son pleads guilty to DUI
The son of Illinois Senate President John Cullerton pleaded guilty in Cook County traffic court Friday to driving drunk in his father’s state-owned SUV last April. Dressed in a gray suit, Garritt Cullerton, 27, pleaded guilty to a Misdemeanor drunken driving charge and was sentenced to two years of conditional discharge — similar to Probation — plus mandatory Alcohol treatment, 240 hours of Community Service and fined $1,250. As a result his driver’s license was revoked. ...

Cullertons son pleads guilty to DUI
The son of Illinois Senate President John Cullerton pleaded guilty in Cook County traffic court Friday morning to driving drunk in his father’s state-owned SUV last April. Dressed in a gray suit, Garritt Cullerton, 27, quietly plead guilty to a Misdemeanor drunken driving charge. Judge Sharon O. Johnson sentenced Cullerton to two years conditional discharge — similar to Probation — plus mandatory Alcohol treatment, 240 hours of Community Service and fined him $1,250. He also re...

Senate president's son pleads guilty to DUI in state car
A son of Illinois Senate President John Cullerton pleaded guilty Friday to a Misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of Alcohol and was sentenced to Probation, ordered to seek treatment for Alcohol abuse and fined $1,250. Garritt M. Cullerton, 27, also pleaded guilty to an improper lane usage citation, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office. Cullerton was stopped in downtown Chicago during the early morning hours of last April 18 while he was driving an SUV registered...

Adams man going to prison for shooting
A town of Adams man who in July fired a shotgun three times at an occupied vehicle, wounding a man, was sentenced Friday in Jefferson County Court to one to three years in state Prison for the act. Brandon M. Ladue,22, whose last known address was 18214 Route 177, Apt. 5, was also ordered to pay $5,693 in restitution to cover his Victim's medical expenses for a Dec. 3 Guilty Plea to first-degree reckless endangerment. He also pleaded guilty that day to fifth-degree attempted criminal posse...

Waban man charged in fatal June crash
Nearly seven months after a Newton car crash claimed the life of a Chelsea janitor, a 21-year-old suspect was charged with his death. Authorities yesterday cited Evan Hoffman of Waban with negligent motor vehicle homicide, as well as speeding, a marked-lanes violation and driving without Insurance. On June 26, Hoffman’s Jeep Grand Cherokee allegedly crossed into the eastbound lane of Beacon Street and struck Jose Puzul-Perez’s Ford Aerostar head-on, killing the 43-year-old. For Mari...

Senate president's son pleads guilty to DUI in state car
A son of Illinois Senate President John Cullerton pleaded guilty today to driving under the influence of Alcohol after he was stopped in downtown Chicago last April in an SUV registered to the state. In addition to the Misdemeanor DUI charge, Garritt M. Cullerton, 27, also pleaded guilty to an improper lane usage citation, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office. Cullerton was sentenced to two years of conditional discharge--a form of Probation--when he appeared today in Cook Co...

Man Sentenced In Crash That Killed Wife
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A drunk driver whose wife was killed when he crashed into a toll plaza on the Garden State Parkway in southern New Jersey is headed to Prison. Ben Pham of Somers Point had pleaded guilty last October to vehicular homicide charges in the December 2007 crash. He received a five-year term Friday and must serve 85 percent of his sentence before becoming eligible for Parole. Pham and his 44-year-old wife, Su Ping Xia, were headed home from a family function in New York C...

Traffic court lawyer was a fake, cops say
A Niles man was charged with posing as a lawyer in two traffic Court Cases but is believed to have represented dozens of other clients over the past several years, the Cook County Sheriff's department said today. The investigation of Tahir Malik, 47, began last month after a clerk and a courtroom deputy at the Skokie Courthouse grew suspicious about his credentials, according to Steve Patterson, a sheriff's spokesman. Patterson said Malik also passed himself off as an attorney to defendants at ...

Cop: Rochester Hills man killed by deputy had brain injury
According to what a family member told police, Holden Wong, 40, suffered a brain injury and underwent surgery after the accident at Stony Creek Metropark. He was left unable to work, Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said Sunday. Kwong Wong, 74, died after being stabbed in the neck, chest and stomach, and Mi Mi Wong, 68, was in intensive care at POH Regional Medical Center in Pontiac with several stab wounds Sunday, McCabe said. Here's how McCabe...

Families of slain Mounties hope probe makes RCMP safer
A final inquiry begins Monday into how four Alberta Mounties were murdered six years ago, but the mother of one of the Victims is more concerned about what has changed to make police safer. “That's our main area now because we can talk forever – all of us – about what happened, but that won't bring my baby back,” said Colleen Myrol in an interview from Red Deer, Alta. “There's going to be a part [at the inquiry] where we can see what was in place for the RCMP prio...

Castorland man gets fees, fines, probation
LOWVILLE — A Castorland man who violated an order of protection and drove drunk was sentenced Friday in Lewis County Court to Probation supervision and a number of fines and fees. Daniel P. Vallee,35, of 5003 Route 410, was sentenced to five years' probation, a $500 fine, $408.10 restitution, $770 in court fees, a six-month driver's license revocation and participation in the state ignition interlock program on charges of first-degree criminal contempt and driving while intoxicat...

Young Activists Seek Roles on Energy, Climate
A comment contributor in this weekend’s open discussion over at Climate Progress is seeking help. He describes himself, essentially, as an aspiring, yet despairing, young energy and climate Activist who still hopes to make a difference despite his conviction that “civilization is imploding.” “Ian” muses on fence chaining, canvassing, politics and personal carbon cutting but essentially rejects those options as he broaches them. (And he’s right to note their d...

Anthropologically, its been so interesting to do this
The next Jewish Miss America? What an incredible story. I mean, really. What achievements. What a family history. The bubbee who jumped off the train got me right in the gut. She is toooooo good to be true. Imagine how her ma is kvelling. I am kvelling. With that name, we must be related :) Let's pray the event is not targeted by Islamic Jihad because she is Jewish. That's their idea of achievement. The Next Jewish Miss America? The In the 89-year history of the Miss America pageant, t...

Nation's first veterans court counts its successes
By Neale Gulley BUFFALO, New York | Sun Jan 9, 2011 3:02pm EST BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - From the minute Judge Robert Russell walks into Buffalo Veterans Court, it is clear this is no ordinary courtroom. "Hello everybody," the judge says. "Good afternoon, Judge," everyone replies in unison. The first defendant steps forward, and Russell asks him what branch of the Military he served in. "Navy, sir," he says, and the room bursts into applause. Buffalo's Veterans Court, the first of its kin...

Nation's first veterans court counts its successes
BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - From the minute Judge Robert Russell walks into Buffalo Veterans Court, it is clear this is no ordinary courtroom. "Hello everybody," the judge says. "Good afternoon, Judge," everyone replies in unison. The first defendant steps forward, and Russell asks him what branch of the Military he served in. "Navy, sir," he says, and the room bursts into applause. Buffalo's Veterans Court, the first of its kind when it began three years ago, has proven so successful it is a...

Suspect surrenders over LA disabled abuse
A second suspect in the videotaped Sexual Assaults of severely Disabled women has been arrested after surrendering to US police, and detectives are working through an "overwhelming" number of good tips as they seek at least two others, authorities say. Ernie Lloyd, 27, of Los Angeles, appeared at a Hollywood Police Station on Saturday and announced he had seen himself on the news and knew he was wanted, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Captain Michael Parker said on Sunday. Police took him to the We...

'My assassination' message found as charges laid over mall rampage
Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5 seconds. What type of connection do you have? Your video format settings have been saved. An Arizona sheriff and a former classmate describe the alleged gunman involved in the shooting of a US lawmaker at the weekend. Federal Prosecutors in the US have brought charges against the gunman accused of attempting to assassinate congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and killing six people at ...

Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Funeral of 9-Yr-Old Girl Murdered in Tucson
Westboro Baptist Church says that God sent the shooter to Tucson, Arizona to kill and maim as many people as possible. And the followers of WBC plans on protesting at the Funeral of 9 year-old Murder Victim Christina-Taylor Greene. Christina was born on September 11, 2001, and was shot Saturday morning waiting to meet her Congresswoman, and passed away a short time later at the University of Arizona Medical Center. According to her father, John, Christina was recently elected to the
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Newest "Jersey Shore" draws big audience to MTV
NEW YORK | Fri Jan 7, 2011 6:06pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - The premiere of the third season of reality show "Jersey Shore," yielded the highest viewership for the show yet and the most ever for a series telecast on MTV, the network said on Friday. The first show of the third season, which aired on Thursday, saw the cast return to Seaside Heights, New Jersey and drew a record 8.45 million viewers to the dramatic antics of the likes of Snooki, The Situation and new cast member Deena Nicole Cort...

Newest "Jersey Shore" draws big audience to MTV
The first show of the third season, which aired on Thursday, saw the cast return to Seaside Heights, New Jersey and drew a record 8.45 million viewers to the dramatic antics of the likes of Snooki, The Situation and new cast member Deena Nicole Cortese. The second season was set in Miami. About 6.5 million of Thursday night's viewers were in the coveted 12 to 34-year-old age group, MTV said, which is appealing to advertisers looking to attract younger audiences. "Jersey Shore," a reality progra...

Support groups for jobless Americans get creative
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Support Groups for the unemployed are getting creative as the jobless rate stays stubbornly high, trying approaches from using Weight Watchers-style accountability to encouraging people to work for free. Support networks have previously popped up after large-scale layoffs. But with nearly one in 10 Americans now out of work, they are becoming more widespread and accepted, said career consultant Alison Doyle. "The stigma attached to being unemployed that was there in the pas...

Support groups for jobless Americans get creative
By Kristina Cooke NEW YORK | Fri Jan 7, 2011 8:43am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Support Groups for the unemployed are getting creative as the jobless rate stays stubbornly high, trying approaches from using Weight Watchers-style accountability to encouraging people to work for free. Support networks have previously popped up after large-scale layoffs. But with nearly one in 10 Americans now out of work, they are becoming more widespread and accepted, said career consultant Alison Doyle. "The sti...