UPDATES MARKED WITH ***
FRIDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
7:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Media Preview Day for 2017 Chicago Auto Show. McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Dr. Contact: Mark Bilek, (630) 424-6082 or mbilek@drivechicago.com; or Jennifer Morand, (630) 424-6084 or jmorand@drivechicago.com.
8:15 a.m. — (DES PLAINES) Chicago author Fern Schumer-Chapman will meet with Algonquin Middle School 8th-graders and discuss her mother’s survival of the Holocaust. Also 10:30 a.m. Library Media Center, 767 E. Algonquin Rd., Des Plaines. Contact: Jennifer Tempest Bova, (847) 824-8070.
***11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Indiana man cleared of attempted murder by DNA evidence and pardoned by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb will hold media event with his attorneys. 311 N. Aberdeen St., third floor. Contact: Elliot Slosar, attorney for the Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago Law School, (312) 357-5118, ccawr@aol.com.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Charles Hurd, co-host of ESPN’s “The Big Hurd Show,” will donate coats to students at AUSL’s Dulles School of Excellence. 6311 S. Calumet Ave. Contact: Elizabeth Elliott, (832) 527-7767 or elizabethe@carolfoxassociates.com.
1 p.m. — (ROSEMONT) Progressive International Chicago Motorcycle Show. Through Feb. 12. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Rd., Rosemont. Contact: Jannelle Grigsby, media@motorcycleshows.com or (310) 857-9020.
6 p.m. — (BATAVIA) Water Street Studios hosts opening reception for new exhibit, “Sergio Gomez & Mario Gonzalez Jr.,” including appearances by the artists, live music, and open artist studios. 160 S. Water St., Batavia. Contact: Danielle Hollis, (630) 761-9977 or Danielle@waterstreetstudios.org.
6:30 p.m. — (MUNDELEIN) 43rd Annual Carmel Street Scenes “Spaces Out” event transforms school party town with more than 50 live bands, casino, food from area restaurants, comedy clubs and the Student Show. Also Feb. 11. Carmel Catholic High School, 1 Carmel Pkwy., Mundelein. Contact: (847) 566-3000 or chaircouple@gmail.com.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago will host its fifth annual “Gin & Jazz: Swinging for a DIFFArence event.” DIRTT Environmental Solutions, 325 N. Wells St. Contact: (312) 644-6412 or info@diffachicago.org.
8 p.m. — (DES PLAINES) Oakton Community College hosts a performance of “The Vagina Monologues” to benefit local organizations that provide services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Studio One Theater, 1600 E. Golf Rd., Des Plaines. Contact: (847) 635-1900.
FRIDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9 a.m. call — (MARKHAM) Norberto Rodriguez, pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder and concealment of a homicide in the death of his estranged wife, Irma Rodriguez, ex-Chicago cop accused in the 2009 murder of an Oak Forest woman whose body was discovered shot multiples times in the trunk of her car. Status. Markham Courthouse, 16501 S. Kedzie Pkwy., Markham. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Quentine Bradley, charged with Quan Evans and Robert Nathaniel, each charged with first-degree murder; Accused in a fatal shooting that began as an argument between two girls over clothes in Back of the Yards on 8-26-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Orhan Cerimagic, charged with Brittney Mitchell; both charged with murder and home invasion in a home invasion that left an accomplice dead and a resident fatally stabbed in Sept. 2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Arcadio Davila, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of murdering an aspiring chef in an August 2011 shooting in Logan Square. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Benjamin Esquivel and Juan Ramos; Esquivel charged with murder and Ramos with concealment of a homicide; Accused of stabbing a woman to death and hiding the body in the closet on 8-2-2013, then planning to dispose of the body. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Nicholas Heisler, Jesse Kazmierski and Jeremy Mendez, each charged with murder and home invasion; Accused of fatally shooting a retired Chicago Police sergeant while try to steal a safe from his home on 4-10-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) John Kesse, charged with reckless homicide; A cab driver accused of fatally striking a pedestrian on Aug. 14, 2012 in River West. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Alejandro Lozano, charged with aggravated arson; Accused of setting himself and a store on fire during the Mole de Mayo Festival in Pilsen on 5-29-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Larry Luellen Jr., charged with first-degree murder. A West Side man accused of fatally shooting a Roberto Clemente High School student in February 2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Kiontae A. Mack, charged with Michael Tucker, each charged with one count of first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting Stephin Williams during a 08-25-2012 robbery in the Kenwood neighborhood. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Brad Nicholson, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting his younger brother, 17-year-old Ryan Nicholson, in their Jefferson Park neighborhood home on 10-23-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Alejandro Ocampo, charged with Reynaldo Ocampo and Joseph Saleski, each charged with first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping for ransom; Accused of kidnapping then killing a man found burned beyond recognition in a Northwest Side trash can on 11-6-2012. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Geno Paget, charged with murder and robbery; Accused in a fatal shooting during a drug deal-turned-robbery on 5-27-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Luis Pantoja, charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery, aggravated criminal sexual assault and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon: Accused of the brutal sexual assault of a 15 year-old-girl, found lying in a pool of blood in the backyard of a home on 12-17-2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) William Paschal, charged with murder and armed robbery; Accused of participating in an armed robbery and fatal retaliation shooting that killed a college student on 1-6-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
*NOTE: The Sun-Times Wire staff will verify all Daybook listings in advance, but last-minute changes or cancellations can occur. We strongly recommend that media outlets call to confirm events before assigning.