Blog Posts in January, 2011
Posted on Jan 31, 2011 By Law Offices of Mitch Furman
Denzel Pittman, 18, of Park Forest, just south of Chicago, has been held without bail and charged with the first degree murder of his girlfriend, her mother and her younger sister. Jade Hannah, 17, ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2011 By Law Offices of Mitch Furman
A bus driver in Champagne-Urbana resigned after transit agency officials saw a YouTube video of the driver running over a snowman on the University of Illinois campus. A spokesperson for the ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2011 By Law Offices of Mitch Furman
Two men have been arrested in connection with a kidnapping that took place mid-December, after the victim was found slain in a garage a few miles from where he was initially taken. According to ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2011 By Law Offices of Mitch Furman
Silvonus Shannon, 20, is one of four defendants charged with felony murder for the September 2009 death of Derrion Albert, 16. Albert was kicked, stomped and beaten to death in an attack that was ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
A 45 year old, Mount Prospect bus driver admitted to drinking and driving while having at least one child on the school bus she was driving. Betty Burden, 55 is facing up to 3 years in jail after ...
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