WESLEY TWP. (ECWd) - Wesley Township is the Defendant in a Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") lawsuit filed by Leonard McCubbin alleging violations of the FOIA by refusing to provide requested records. McCubbin requested video from security cameras, as did I and at least one other person. My...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Algonquin Township attorneys and the parties involved in a lawsuit regarding record destruction had certain information placed under a Protective Order. The first protective order was explained in this article. Emails received through a Freedom of Information Act request revealed key information regarding...
McHenry County (ECWd) - Algonquin Township is named as Defendant in four more lawsuits filed since July 26, 2019 in McHenry County Circuit Court. Think how simple and inexpensive it would be if Algonquin Township simply complied with the law. What a concept - follow the law;...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The legal wrangling in Algonquin Township continues and the transcript from November 2017 makes reference to suspicion of a crime. Reading the transcript points to concerns of access to the video records, not what may or may not be on the video. ...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Timelines, testimony, facts, and attorneys can twist up a situation so much it is no wonder so many are confused. As we continued to review Freedom of Information Act requests, court transcripts of testimony, and lawyer statements regarding the Algonquin Township and...
ILLINOIS - (ECWD) - By now, most already know Illinois State Senator Tom Cullerton has been Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on 41 counts. You can read the full Indictment below. What we find interesting, and something we routinely focus on with elected officials is the inclusion...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - "I have the thumb drive copied of Mr. Lutzow and Provenzano in the Kabota for you.", says Algonquin Township Clerk in an email September 6, 2018, to criminal investigators. That statement is in regards to allegations that the current Algonquin Township Supervisor...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Construction at the Edgar County Airport continues today with more concrete being delivered by Mid-Illinois Concrete out of Mattoon, Illinois. MiC won the bid, Feutz Contractors is the General Contractor. Next concrete work will be where the fuel tanks will be placed. Photos and short...
East St. Louis, IL. (ECWd) - Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 30, 2019 Former Director of East St. Louis Library Sentenced The former director of the East St. Louis public library has been sentenced for embezzling thousands of dollars from the library for...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The Algonquin Township Clerk, through her attorney, has filed her Amended Counter Claim. While it will be most interesting to see the response to this filing, there are some rather glaring conflicts and issues that raise even more questions. For example, the Missing RD-T...
