Edgar County State’s Attorney

25 Aug Edgar County Judge Denies Retrial In Fred Cox Sex Assault Case –

Posted at 09:42h in Brocton, City of Paris, Edgar County, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Court heard Motions for Retrial yesterday in the case of Fred Cox, who was convicted by a jury last December, but whose sentencing was delayed due to inclement weather this past February, and delayed further when DNA results became available. We...

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17 Aug Edgar County Treasurer sued by RIDES Mass Transit for $152,150.49

Posted at 08:32h in Clark County, Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, Edwards County, feature, RIDES-MTD by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - We wrote in December 2015 about RIDES threatening a lawsuit (here) and explained the situation pretty thoroughly. RIDES-MTD filed the lawsuit a couple weeks ago. The bottom line is that you must follow the law when dissolving a mass transit district ("MTD"), the county...

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31 Jul Convicted By Jury, DNA Results In Motion For New Trial, Still Locked Up –

Posted at 18:59h in Brocton, City of Paris, Edgar County, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Following up on a previous article (here) which could turn out to be a case of wrongful prosecution and conviction, the Illinois State Police Crime Lab has provided the DNA testing results from samples taken from the underwear provided following allegations of...

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28 Jun Fred Cox – DNA does not match, but still in jail –

Posted at 15:15h in Brocton, Edgar County, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - I attended two court hearings this month for the case of Fred Cox, 2014CF121, found guilty on December 16, 2015 of felony predatory criminal sexual assault / victim under 13 years of age. We received information that DNA evidence tested did not match...

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29 Apr Attorney General says Edgar County Board violated Open Meetings Act –

Posted at 22:13h in Attorney General, Edgar County, Edgar County Airport, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has issued a determination on a complaint filed alleging an Open Meetings violation from a meeting held on October 26, 2015. The AG PAC determined that the Edgar County Board violated the Open Meetings Act...

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20 Apr Edgar Co. Local Governments owe the State over $166,000 in overpaid PPRT –

Posted at 22:30h in City of Paris, District 4 (Crestwood), District 95, Edgar County, Edgar County Assessor, Edgar County Board, Edgar County Housing Authority, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature, Kansas District 3, Kansas Township, Kansas Village Board, Metcalf, Paris Fire Department, PCHS, Redmon, School Boards, Shiloh by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Edgar County, IL. (ECWd) - The local governments in Edgar County owed the State of Illinois a total of $166,119.51 in overpayments the state made with the personal property replacement tax back in 2014. A list of all Edgar County overpayments are below, with the School Districts,...

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09 Feb Edgar Co. Airport – IDOT – Division of Aeronautics suspends airport grant work for second time in 18 months –

Posted at 22:01h in Edgar County, Edgar County Airport, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - For the second time in the past 18 months, and in a move reminiscent of what we reported in September of 2014, when we wrote about the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") calling a work stoppage on all work related to the Edgar County Airport grant...

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01 Jan Edgar Co. Board sued under Administrative Review Law –

Posted at 10:11h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board, and each individual board member, are the subject of a lawsuit pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Review Law. The suit was filed on December 30, 2015, exactly 35 days after their final decision to purchase the renewal insurance...

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31 Dec IDOT District 5 – Free Rent and Property Tax Avoidance ?

Posted at 12:49h in Edgar County, Edgar County Assessor, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature, IDOT by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - According to a recent document dump from the Illinois Department of Transportation in relation to a Freedom of Information Act request about certain things happening at the District 5 IDOT Headquarters, it appears they are allowing a private business to utilize office...

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24 Dec Edgar Co. Facing Lawsuit Over Excessive Compensation To Elected Officials –

Posted at 09:48h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE: Dec. 28, 2015 - To clear up some misunderstandings, it is our position and belief that the county elected officials, other than the county board, were not aware insurance was not part of their compensation, and were actually told that...

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