MONDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Asian American Coalition of Chicago celebrates Asian American Heritage month with its 16th annual festival to promote ethnic diversity, featuring Asian cuisine, arts, clothing and retail vendors, speakers and more. Opening ceremony 1 p.m. Through May 26. Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington. Contact:Maham Khan, (224) 578-2252 or mahamka@gmail.com.
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Several community organizations will come together at a press conference to demand a trial date be set for Jason Van Dyke. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, downstairs lobby, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: (773) 209-7209.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) City Council committees meet at City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle.
–9:30 a.m. Committees, Rules and Ethics in Council Chambers. Contact: (312) 744-3075.
–10 a.m. Aviation with agenda including Aircraft Passenger Protection Ordinance. Room 201A. Contact: (312) 744-6828.
–10 a.m. Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards in Council Chamber. Contact: (312) 744-6845.
–12:30 p.m. Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation in Room 201A. Contact: (312) 744-1836.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) National Restaurant Assn. Show and International Foodservice Marketplace includes Restaurant Management Conference, Foodservice at Retail Summit, Non-Commercial Summit, World Culinary Showcase, Beverage Alcohol for Restaurants event, Bellavita Expo, Startup Alley showcase, Food and Beverage (FABI) awards and Kitchen Innovations (KI) awards. Through May 23. McCormick Place, Kinzie at Wells. Contact: media@restaurant.org.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Jake Arrieta of the Cubs and his wife Brittany team up with City Year to work on improvements to Jahn Elementary School, inlcuding painting murals, building cubbies and packing healthy snacks. 3149 N. Wolcott. Contact: Alyson Cohen, acohen@cubs.com or (773) 404-4128. (Note: Media should RSVP. Media availability with Arrieta 11:45 a.m.)
11:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart speaks to the City Club of Chicago. Maggiano’s, 111 W. Grand Ave. Contact: info@cityclub-chicago.com or (312) 565-6500.
12:30 p.m. – (CHICAGO) Students from Merit School of Music’s “Bridges” band and choir programs perform at the school’s 26th MeritFest. Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave. Contact: Jay Kelly, (312) 565-4632 or (312) 315-3935 (Cell) or jkelly@lcwa.com.
2 p.m. — (CHICAGO) U.S. Sen. Kristen Gillibrand discusses the state of current politics with David Axelrod. University of Chicago Lab School, Kovler Gymnasium, 5823 S. Kenwood Ave. Contact: (773) 540-9935.
5:15 p.m. – (CHICAGO) Mica White, co-creator of Occupy Wall Street, speak at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics on how to organize a movement and the effectiveness of protests. International House, 1414 E. 59th St. Contact: uchicagopolitics@gmail.com or (773) 834-4671.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Gideon Rachman, foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times, speaks on “Easternization” with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. 130 E. Randolph St. Contact: (312) 726-3860.
MONDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9 a.m. call — (MARKHAM) Brandon Griffin, charged with Darryl Lloyd and Dejuan Crockett, each charged murder and attempted murder; Accused in a triple murder in Harvey in 2010. Status. Markham Courthouse, 16501 S. Kedzie Pkwy., Markham. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (MAYWOOD) Johnathan Condrey, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of stabbing his girlfriend, 37-year-old Mackie Cheshire, to death then dumping her body at a Bensenville golf course. Status. Maywood Courthouse, 1500 Maybrook Dr., Maywood. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423. (Note: Also spelled in court records at Jonathan Condrey.)
9 a.m. call — (MAYWOOD) Brandon Jackson, charged with Gage Thornton, both charged with first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery; Accused of fatally shooting Cook County Sheriff’s deputy Cuauhtemoc Estrada in a botched robbery in Bellwood in December 2013. Status. Maywood Courthouse, 1500 Maybrook Dr., Maywood. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Derrick Allmon, charged with Michael D. Baker, Paris Denard and Jabari Williams; each charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 9-year-old at close range on 8-20-14 after he yelled that someone had a gun. 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) Tyrell Birmingham, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man on a West Side porch on 7-11-2014. 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) Patrick Brazel, charged with reckless homicide and DUI; Driver accused of fleeing the scene of a fatal accident at Archer and Lavergne 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) Jerome Brown, charged with first-degree murder; A parolee accused of fatally shooting a Columbia College student who was picking up a friend from a Green Line station on 5-7-13. 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) Brittany Covington, charged with Tanishia Covington, Tasfaye Cooper and Jordan Hills, all charged with aggravated kidnapping, hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon; Accused of holding a white schizophrenic man captive and torturing him for hours, then posting the videos on Facebook in a case that gained national attention. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423. (Note: Defendant’s name also spelled in court records as “Tesfaye” Cooper.)
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Ricky Dortch, charged with two counts of first-degree murder; Accused in a fatal shooting that left two dead and two wounded at Horan Park on the West Side 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) Terry Givan, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 32-year-old man during among family members in Roseland on 1-16-16. 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) Mark Harbin, charged with first-degree murder; Accused in a shooting that killed an East Garfield Park man in front of his father on 11-30-13. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Ronnie Henderson and Valentine Rodriguez, both charged with murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated discharge of a firearm; Accused of firing shots during a gunfight with a liquor store security guard on the West Side on 8-21-15 that left a woman dead. 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) Reginald Hester, charged with four counts of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated arson causing bodily harm; Accused of setting a fire that left three children and one man dead on 8-23-16 in South Chicago because he was angry a woman took $10 from him then refused to perform a sex act. 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) Brandon Holman, charged with murder; Accused of killing the 2-month-old son he had with his girlfriend on the Southwest Side on 6-3-16. 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) Arronis Jackson, charged with concealment of a homicidal death, and Paul Meyers, charged with murder; Accused of killing Meyers’ girlfriend Laneesha Miller and placing her body in four suitcases, then dumping them in the Little Calumet River in September 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) Shirley Kyle and LaShondra Peebles, both charged in a financial scheme; A former Chicago State University employee accused of hiring her mother in a ghost payrolling scheme. 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) Giovanni Martinez, charged with Claudius Jackson both charged with murder; accused of a fatal shooting 11-20-2012 in the Albany Park 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) Markiese McKinney, charged with attempted first-degree murder; A South Side man accused of shooting at a uniformed off-duty Chicago Police officer attempting to make an arrest in Oct. 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) Anthony R. Mendoza, charged first-degree murder; A 17-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy in Bridgeport on 6-3-16. 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) Robert Morales, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy in Back of the Yards on 5-2-16, arrested after accidentally shooting himself in July. 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) Jimmy Payton, charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI; Accused of driving drunk and crashing into a U.S. Postal Service truck in West Garfield Park on 7-16-16, leaving his passenger dead. 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) Kristopher Pitts, charged with murder and robbery; Accused of shooting a North Side man during a robbery in Lake View on 5-30-2015. 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) Frank Robinson, charged with two counts of first-degree murder; Accused of killing two people and wounding two others at Horan Park 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) Raul Segura-Rodriguez and Augustin Toscano, pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder, home invasion and aggravated fleeing; Two men accused in a shootout with police after they slit the throats of two people in a North Side apartment in 2010. 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) Lisamarie Villasana, charged with murder; Accused of fatally beating her 5-year-old stepdaughter on 5-7-2015. 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) Randon Walker, charged with first-degree murder; A Mississippi man charged with a 9-20-2013 shooting in Humboldt Park. 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) Brandon Young, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally stabbing a friend after they smoked crack cocaine together on 10-31-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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