Shelby County, Ill. (ECWd) - The Shelby County State's Attorney filed a motion for the Court to appoint a Special Prosecutor in the criminal case against Teresa Boehm. Boehm is a Shelby County Board member who was collecting compensation for sitting on a Township Cemetery board in...
DeWitt Co. (ECWd) - Several months ago we began receiving tips regarding purchases being made in Dewitt County government and a school district with a company named CDS Office Technologies. The concern raised was that the DeWitt County Board Chairman Dan Matthews is the VP of...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Dr. Christoper Boehm, the same "Dr." who invoked his 5th amendment rights after filing a bogus petition objection complaint (article here) has now been charged with Indirect Criminal Contempt. The following is found in the Judic.com docket entry on 3/20/2024: "COURT MAKES FINDING THAT...
McDonough Co. (ECWd) - McDonough County and its Sheriff in his individual capacity, Nicholas Petitgout, have been named in a Federal lawsuit alleging the following. Count I -Violation of 1st Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America Count II - Violation of the...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Our recent article at this link on convicted former Assistant State's Attorney Brady Allen generated numerous requests for us to post more information on the matter. While we did post the 4th amended complaint for everyone to read, we did not include...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - According to Charging Documents Dee Schippert is facing a maximum of 275 Years in prison for alleged crimes that include Forgery of timesheets, whistleblower retaliation, theft of property, and Official Misconduct. A copy of all the counts can be viewed below or...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd)- ***Edited on 3/22/2024 @ 8:51 p.m. to reflect the change in Judici, which is that the "greater than $1 million" counts were changed - as were the theft/deception counts -Â we advise our readers to click the link for Judici to read the...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - The Former Coles County Assistant State's Attorney Brady Allen filed a motion to have his name stricken from the roll of attorneys according to the recently published Illinois Supreme Court Announcement. Â Â The ARDC docket entry is at this link. There are several...
Illinois (ECWd) - After years of witnessing a laundry list of malfeasance by public officials and hearing their justifications as to why what they did was no big deal, I wonder if we have lost our way. We are supposed to be a nation of laws, but...
Champaign Co. (ECWd) - Several weeks ago we covered the information contained in the Illinois State Police investigation in the Mahomet Township Road District Highway Commissioner Christian A. Doenitz in this article. We asked in the title, "Do Laws Matter In Illinois?". One of the most foundational...
