MONDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
8:15 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny meets with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. 130 E. Randolph St. Contact: (312) 726-3860.
9 a.m. – (PLAINFIELD) Members of the Plainfield Police Department will kick off one leg of the 31st annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. Settlers’ Park Amphitheater behind Village Hall, 24401 W. Lockport St., Plainfield. Contact: Chief of Police John Konopek, (815) 436-6544.
Noon – (CHICAGO) Teachers at the Noble Network of Charter Schools attend the Noble Board meeting to demand that board members respect their right to organize a union. 525 W. Monroe St. in the offices of Katten, Munchin, Rosenman. Contact: Kenzo Shibata, (312) 296-0124 or kshibata@ift-aft.org.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards, featuring 24 finalists. Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut. Contact: Amanda Meyer, (312) 751-5559 or ameyer@korshak.com. (Note: Finalists will be taking part in series of workshops and auditions throughout the day prior to awards ceremony.)
6:30 p.m. – (CHICAGO) Rep. Mike Quigley challenges Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to a debate on the science of climate change and how to address it. If Pruitt does not show up, Quigley will instead hold a Q&A discussion on how to address climate change. Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. Contact: Tara Vales, (864) 363-8094.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Jazz Institute of Chicago’s Noteworthy Jazz Ensemble will host their annual live concert. Jazz Showcase, 806 S. Plymouth Ct. Contact: Mekeda Johnson-Brooks, (312) 427-1676 ext. 3 or mekeda@jazzinchicago.org.
MONDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9:30 a.m. call — (BRIDGEVIEW) Lance McDonald, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of beating his stepfather to death with a hammer in Lyons in July 2016. Status. Bridgeview Courthouse, 10220 S. 76th Ave., Bridgeview. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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 — (MAYWOOD) Martin Alvarado Jr., charged with murder; Accused of beating his girlfriend’s baby to death after the child urinated on him while he was changing a diaper on 4-9-2015. 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) Luis Alfaro, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of setting up a drug deal that left a man fatally shot near Midway Airport. 9-5-2014. 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) Michael A. Barber, charged with aggravated battery to a child; A Harvey man accused of injuring his fiance’s one-year-baby, who suffered second-and third-degree burns and bite marks. 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) Dayvon Bennett and Michael Wade, each charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man and wounding two others on 5-29-2014. 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) 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) Brandon Collins, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in Humboldt Park over July Fourth weekend 2016. 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) Stephen Crump, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting 28-year-old Marsolino White in Burnside on Sept. 22, 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) Kevin Edwards, charged with Dwright Boone-Doty and Corey Morgan, all charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on 11-2-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423. (Note: Also listed at Dwright Doty in court records.)
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Paul Forbes, charged with murder, aggravated fleeing and aggravated battery; Accused of causing a crash during a police chase that left a 66-year-old man and an 88-year-old woman in Aug. 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) Tamika Gayden, charged with first-degree murder and contributing to the delinquency of a minor; Mother of the 13-year-old girl who stabbed 15-year-old De-Kayla Dansberry in the chest during a fight on 5-14-16. 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) Daniel Guerreo and Marco Ramirez (sentenced), both charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery in a public place; Accused in the May 2010 fatal beating and stabbing of Alan Olivia in the McKinley Park area. 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) Martel Halbert, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man riding a motorcycle in the Austin neighborhood on 5-4-2014. 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) Christopher Harp, charged with first-degree murder; Accused in the 5-7-15 shooting of 28-year-old Antonio Galtney in Englewood. 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) Kyle Hawkins, charged with failure to report a fatal accident; Driver accused of fatally striking 23-year-old Phillip Levato in a crosswalk on the Near North Side on 11-20-16. 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) Deandre Johnson, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of shooting 24-year-old Jeanette Laureano on the Northwest Side on 3-18-16. 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) Dashawn Martin, co-defendants Bryan Perkins and Sokito Taylor, each charged with murder and concealment of a homicide; Accused of beating to death a man who owed Perkins money, and leaving his body in a trash can near a Safe Passage route in Aug. 2013. 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) 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) Samuel D. Miller, charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder; Accused of killing one man and wounding another in a South Chicago neighborhood drive-by shooting on 7-30-15. 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 Samuel Muller.)
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Stanley Parker, charged with first-degree murder; Accused in a fatal South Shore shooting from 8-1-2014. 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) George Patterson, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally beating and strangling a 57-year-old woman during a burglary on 8-9-09. 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) Sharnett Perkins-Parrow, charged with first-degree murder; A 74-year-old woman charged with fatally shooting her 68-year-old husband on 8-22-16 in the South Side Douglas 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) 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) Pierre Stokes, charged with three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm and one count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; Father of slain 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee who is accused of shooting three people in Gresham on 3-8-16. 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) Crystal Valdez, charged with murder; Accused along with her boyfriend of killing her four-year-old son on his birthday in Nov. 2011. 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) Devonta Williams, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in May 2013 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) Rayshon Williams, charged with Derrick Williams, each charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery; Accused of fatally shooting a UPS worker in a botched robbery on 11-10-13. 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) Tabari Young, charged with Brad Jett, 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.
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