UPDATES WITH ADDITIONS MARKED ***
MONDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
8 a.m. — (MERRILLVILLE, Ind.) Media invited to opening remarks a of a 5-day Advanced Homicide and Cold Case Death Investigation course for detectives from nearly 30 Indiana police departments, conducted by ATF, the Lake County prosecutor’s office, and Northwest Indiana Major Crimes Task Force. IBEW Local 697 Union Hall, 7200 Mississippi St., Merrillville, Ind. Contact: Chief Robert Byrd, (219) 898-0059 (cell).
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Flower & Garden Show features display gardens, seminars, live demos, kids’ activity garden, garden cooking demos and more. Through March 22. Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave. Contact: (312) 241-1250.
11:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) State Comptroller Susana Mendoza speaks to the City Club of Chicago. Maggiano’s, 111 W. Grand Ave. Contact: info@cityclub-chicago.com or (312) 565-6500.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosts panel discussion on “Made in America?” with speakers including Northwestern Prof. Timothy Calkins; Jacques Panis, president of Shinola; and Kathleen Wright, CEO of Piece & Co. Conference Center, 130 E. Randolph St. Contact: (312) 726-3860.
*** 1 p.m. — (LYONS) Gov. Bruce Rauner discusses structural changes Illinois needs during a town hall discussion. Atlas Tool Works, 4633 Lawndale Ave., Lyons. Contact: Allie.Bovis@illinois.gov or Eleni.Demertzis@illinois.gov.
*** 5:30 p.m. — (NAPERVILLE) Kevin Coyne, candidate for City Council, hosts a campaign event. Empire Burgers & Brew, 48 W. Chicago Ave., Naperville. Contact: (630) 738-0630 or kevin@coyneforcouncil.org.
6:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Assn. of Women Journalists – Chicago hosts Rebecca Sive, author of “Every Day is Election Day: A Woman’s Guide to Winning Any Office, from the PTA to the White House.” Roosevelt University, Room 420, 430 S. Michigan. Contact: awjchicago@gmail.com.
6:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Members of the cast of “Hamilton” take part in a panel discussion on human rights, justice and gender equality. Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln. Contact: Amanda Hong, ahong@unachicago.org.
7:40 p.m. — (ARLINGTON HEIGHTS) The Arlington Heights Working Families Committee rally and hold a press conference, then enter the Village Board meeting to testify in support of county paid sick days and minimum wage. Arlington Heights Village Hall, 33 S. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights. Contact: Shelly Ruzicka, (773) 251-5003 or shelly@arisechicago.org.
MONDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9 a.m. call — (MARKHAM) Jeremiah Thompson, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of murdering his 2-year-old daughter, found beaten in his Lansing home in 2014. 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) Phillip Allison, charged with first-degree murder; A Texas man charged with fatally shooting a man in an apartment vestibule on 12-14-2014. 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) Christian Alvarez and Antonio Castaneda, each charged with first-degree murder; Accused of participating in a fatal drive-by shooting witnessed by police on 7-21-2014. 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) Tomas Angeles, charged with criminal sexual assault; Kennedy High School volleyball coach accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student. 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) Faramarz Bakhshi, charged with murder and concealing a homicidal death; Accused of murdering a college student and hiding her body in an air mattress 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) Schanise Barfield, Diamond Gamble, Nathaniel Jefferson and Quinton Washington, all charged with murder; Accused in a fatal shooting and home invasion on 12-22-2014. 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) Raymond Boyle and Dalton Stropes, each charged with murder; Accused of confronting a man about a Facebook post, in a fight that ended with a third suspect fatally stabbed on 6-29-2015. 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) Frank Butler, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man who walked past a West Englewood porch on 8-27-2013. 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) Marquis Ceazer, charged with a 16-year-old juvenile with first-degree murder; Accused in a fatal shooting in Woodlawn on 9-30-2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Victor Chatmon, charged with murder; Accused of a fatal shooting on 3-19-2015 that targeted a man who had testified in an attempted murder case against Chatmon’s friend. 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) Reggie Daniel, charged with first-degree murder; A man in a wheelchair accused of shooting 45-year-old Darrin Joss inside a River West apartment building’s gym on 3-2-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423. (Note: Also listed in court records as Reggie Daniels.)
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Devonte Dodd and Semaj Waters, both charged with murder, attempted robbery and mob action; Accused of trying to rob a woman who was fatally struck by a pickup as she tried to flee across Lake Shore Drive. 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) Norberto Frausto, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of killing a man and injuring a woman in a shooting on 6-6-16 in the South Loop. 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) Erick Gill and Alexander Gonzalez, charged with Stephon Gill, all charged with murder; Charged with fatally shooting a rival gang member outside a Dunkin’ Donuts on 3-25-2015. 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) Dominic Gipson, charged with reckless homicide; Accused of fleeing police in Bronzeville and leading to the death of an 18-year-old man. 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) Tiera Graves, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting her cousin during an argument at their Far South Side home on 10-18-16. 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) James Harris IV, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of killing his girlfriend’s 19-month-old daughter found slain in Riverdale on 3-16-14. 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) Kamel Harris, charged with murder, concealment of a death and dismembering a human body; Rockford man accused of killing 2-year-old Kyrian Knox in August 2015 because he wouldn’t stop crying, then dumping his dismembered body in the Garfield Park lagoon. 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) Anthony Q. Jackson, convicted of first-degree murder; Beat another man to death at a Green Line CTA platform on 3-16-2013. Post-trial motions/possible sentencing. 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 Jett, charged with Tabari Young, Bryon Champ, Darren Curtis, Kewane Gatewood, Quinton M. Humphries, each charged with three counts of attempted murder and three counts of aggravated battery of a firearm; accused in a Cornell Square Park shooting that injured 13 people on 9-19-2013. 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) Kashai Jones, charged with murder; Accused of killing a rival in a shootout in the parking lot of a South Side currency exchange on 4-30-16. 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) Kenyon Jones, charged with Paris Jones, both charged with first-degree murder; Two men accused of fatally shooting a teen in Austin on 12-3-2014. 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) Daniel Kralik, charged with murder; A man accused of strangling his girlfriend in their Humboldt Park apartment in May 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) Kay Kong, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in the Bridgeport neighborhood on 5-22-2015. Status. (Note: Name also listed as Kimman Waikong in court records.) 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) Vidal Martinez, charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder; A Cicero man charged with fatally shooting a Monee man and wounding another person at a Bridgeport party on 8-31-2013. 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) Audreianna McNeil, charged with LaDonna Curry, each charged with murder; Accused of luring a club promoter to a home where he was robbed and fatally shot on 8-31-2013. 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) 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) Kelsky Patterson, charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, and two counts of aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm; accused in an Uptown shooting that killed one person and injured four others on 8-19-2013. 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) Chadwick Perkins, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally stabbing a 51-year-old man to death in the home they shared in the South Side Ashburn neighborhood on 8-3-16. 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) Kenneth Rhodes, charged with murder; Accused of killing his sister and her husband in January 2012 in Country Club Hills. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Giovanni Rios, charged with murder (co-defendant Joseph Thrane, sentenced); An accused Latin King charged with flashing gang signs before ramming a man’s car and fatally shooting a man on 5-24-2015. Status. County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Christopher Roy, charged with possession and use of a firearm by a felon and two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm; Accused of firing shots at Chicago Police officers on 3-25-16 in the South Side Auburn Gresham 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) Michael Shegog, charged with murder; a Zion veteran and National Guardsman accused in a December 2011 fatal stabbing on the Far South Side. 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) Marlon Welton, charged with murder; Accused of shooting into a crowd on 6-16-2015, killing a teen who had been watching two women fight. 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) Koman Willis, charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery / discharge of a firearm; Accused of fatally shooting 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins and wounding her father on 03-11-2013. 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) James B. Wilson, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man on 12-19-2013, then fleeing to Urbana. 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) Qawmane Wilson, charged with Eugene Spencer and Loriana Johnson (convicted), charged with murder and various other charges; Accused of arranging the 2012 murder of Yolanda Holmes, an Uptown hair stylist and Wilson’s mother, for insurance money. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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