Illinois Assault Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Iosip Pasic </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer Barry Spevack represented the Defendant charged with abusive sexual contact not covered by 21 U.S.C. 2244. Josip Pasic, age 85, of Chicago, sat next to the victim on an Austrian Airlines flight from Vienna, Austria, to Chicago on Aug. 17, 2024. On multiple occasions during the flight, Pasic touched the victim’s outer thigh, inner thigh, and groin a... More...
$ (11-08-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> State of Illinois v. Shahid Hussain <h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of hate crime, and one count of institutional vandalism, all class 2 felony offenses. On January 30, 2026, surveillance video showed Shahid Hussain, age 43, of Niles, Illinois, enter the Northwestern campus drawing swastikas and other Nazi symbols on numerous signs and other university property. The vi... More...
$ (10-17-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> The People of the State of Illinois v. Angelo Evans </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault and attempted murder. KRW, a family friend, testified about Evans sexually assaulting her and then attempting to kill her in the early hours of April 7, 1994. Evans came to her apartment requesting to make a phone call. KRW was with her 22-month-old. Once inside, Evans ente... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Joseph Jared St. Pierre
Benton, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography. Law enforcement officers responded to a report of sexual assault in July 2024 when the mother of a 13-year-old minor discovered a video on the minor’s cell phone of the minor engaging in sexual acts with St. Pierre. “Thanks to the dedication of HSI agents, this predator h... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Rene Garcia
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Rene Garcia was accused for shooting on I-90 in a road rage event.... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Lawrence Reed
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Lawrence Reed, allegedly set a woman on fire on a CTA Blue Line train.... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Andres Morales Gonzalez
n January 21, 2026, the Mount Prospect Police Department charged Andres Morales Gonzalez, 35 years old, no permanent address, with one felony count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault, one felony count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, one felony count of Aggravated Battery Involving Strangulation, and one felony count of Unlawful Restraint. These charges stem from an incident that occurred o... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Ana M. Hernandez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged assault for throwing incendiary device onto her neighbors’ porch. On March 16, 2024, ANA M. HERNANDEZ threw a glass bottle containing oil and a washcloth—a device commonly known as a “Molotov cocktail”—onto her neighbor’s back porch in Chicago. The incendiary device started a fire on the wooden porch, bu... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - IL)<H2> State of Illinois v. Rasheed Griffin
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault/handicapped, aggravated battery/public place; and aggravated battery/pregnant/handicapped. Rasheed Griffin, 23 of Calumet City, accused of sexually assaulted a 35-year-old woman.... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - IL)State of Illinois v. Keith Finley
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with home invasion and aggravated criminal sexual assault.... More...
$0 (10-27-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Marimar Martinez, Anthony Ian santos Ruiz </h1></h1>
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault, Impede, and Interfere with the Work of Federal Agents.<br> <br> Two individuals have been charged in federal court with using their vehicles to assault, impede, and interfere with the work of federal agents in Chicago.<br> <br> According to a criminal complaint filed today in U.S. District Court in Chicago, M... More...
$0 (10-06-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Juan Espinoza Martinez </h1></h1>
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Soliciting the Murder of Senior Law Enforcement Official.<br> <br> An alleged ranking member of a Chicago street gang has been charged in federal court with soliciting the murder of a senior law enforcement official involved in the immigration enforcement operation known as "Operation Midway Blitz.â€<br> <br> A ... More...
$0 (10-06-2025 - IL)State of Illinois v. Law Davison
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault.<br> <br> Law Davison, age 36, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman during a home invasion.<br> <br> Police said, around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Davison broke into a 38-year-old woman's home in the 2800 block of North Milwaukee Avenu, and sexually assaulted her.... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - IL)State of Illinois v. Derek Rucker
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple felony acts of assault and battery.<br> <br> Derek Rucker, age 37, was accused of attacking five women and one police officers at various locations across the City of Chicago.... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - IL)State of Illinois v. Kyle Condon
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.<br> <br> Kyle Condon, age 26, was accused of sexual assaults that happened April 18 allegedly happened in the 2300 block of Rockwell Street. ... More...
$0 (10-07-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Marimar Martinez, Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz </h1></h1>
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Using Their Vehicles to Assault, Impede, and Interfere with the Work of Federal Agents in Chicago .<br> <br> Two individuals have been charged in federal court with using their vehicles to assault, impede, and interfere with the work of federal agents in Chicago.<br> <br> According to a criminal complaint filed toda... More...
$0 (10-05-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Ray Collins, Jocelyne Robledo, Paul Ivery, Dana Briggs, Hubert Mazur </h1></h1>
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with forcibly resisting federal agents <br> Five individuals have been charged in federal court in Chicago with assaulting or forcibly resisting federal agents who were engaged in immigration enforcement operations in Broadview, Ill. over the weekend.<br> <br> The defendants were among a crowd of people who descended in ... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Adam W. Vaira
Mount Carmel, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.<br> <br> On May 3, 2021, the State charged defendant by six count information, in Wabash County (21-CF-35), with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (counts I and V), Class X fe... More...
$0 (04-11-2025 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Ramzallen Hankerson
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a defaced firearm and aggravated assault.<br> <br> Following a jury trial, defendant Ramzallen Hankerson was found guilty of possession of a defaced firearm and aggravated assault and sentenced to two years' probation on each charge, to be served concurrently. The jury also acquitted Hankerson on anothe... More...
$0 (03-14-2025 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Scott J. Joanis
Geneva, Illinois criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault.<br> <br> On August 22, 2024, defendant was charged via complaint with 1 count of predatory<br> criminal sexual assault of a child (720 ILCS 5/12-14.1(a)(1) (West 2002)); 8 counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault (id. §§12-14(a)(2), (b)(ii) (West 2006)); and 28 counts of criminal sexual assau... More...
$0 (03-05-2025 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Donald Pittman, Jr.
Charleston, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony (count I), and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, Class 2 felonies (counts II-III).<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> To set appropriate conditions of pretrial release where the State has filed a petition to detain, the circuit court must determine whether the State has... More...
$0 (03-04-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Larry French Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting United States Postal Worker </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Springfield Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Assaulting United States Postal Worker</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Springfield, Illi... More...
$0 (01-16-2025 - IL)State of Illinois v. Andrew S. Kirkpatrick
<h2><br> Pinckneyville, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault of a child.<br> </h2><br> After defendant's wife, Heather Kirkpatrick, discovered her daughter, A.G., and defendant in their backyard pool with both of their swimsuit bottoms off on June 5, 2016, defendant was charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (id.). Count I... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - IL)State of Illinois v. Charles A. Payne
<h2><br> Granite City, Illinois aggravated assault of a peace officer for making threats, while armed.<br> </h2><br> <br> Charles A. Payne, age 60, was accused of displaying a firearm and making threats against officers assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force on May 24, 2023.... More...
$0 (08-23-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Adel Daoud </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting To Detonate Explosive Device in Downtown Chicago </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Suburban Chicago Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison for Attempting To Detonate Explosive Device in Downtown Chicago</h2></center></b></b>... More...
$0 (07-19-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Allory Smith </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting To Detonate Explosive Device in Downtown Chicago </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Suburban Chicago Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison for Attempting To Detonate Explosive Device in Downtown Chicago</h2></center></b></b... More...
$0 (07-19-2024 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Demetrius Wade
<h2><br> Urbana, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of sexual assault. <br> </h2><br> <br> The defendant, Demetrius Wade, was charged with multiple counts of criminal sexual assault in case No. 20-CF-499. The State filed a petition for indirect criminal contempt in the instant case, alleging the defendant violated the circuit court's order not t... More...
$0 (07-05-2024 - IL)State of Illinois v. Jason Ostrego
<h2><br> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.<br> </h2><br> <br> Jason Ortega stabbed Anton Patterson on on Dec. 31, 2022, and was recorded on cell phone video by witnesses. The 28-year-old Ostrego can be heard on the recording calling Patterson derogatory racial names, including the n-word. Prosecutors charge... More...
$0 (06-21-2024 - IL)State of Illinois v. Christopher Abernathy
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape, robbery, and murder.<br> <br> Christopher Abernathy, age 18, was accused for raping, robbing and murdering Kristina Hickey, age 15, on October 3, 1984.<br> <br> An informant told investigators that Abernathy has told him that he killed the victim.<br> <br> Abernathy, who was classified as learning disabled, was ... More...
$0 (12-31-1987 - IL)State of Illinois v. Oscar Martinez
Wailegam, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with attempted murder of a peace officer, aggravated discharge of a firearm at a peace officer and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.<br> <br> Oscar Martinez, age 23, of Waukegan, Illinois was accused of attempting to murder a North Chicago Police Department officer on June 26, 2022.<br> <br> The case was p... More...
$0 (10-26-2023 - IL)Raymond Stinde v. Joshua Schoenbeck, et al.
East St. Louis, Illinois civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on prisoner civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff Raymond Stinde, an inmate of the Illinois Department of Corrections currently incarcerated at Menard Correctional Center ("Menard"), brings this action for alleged deprivations of his constitutional rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for v... More...
$0 (08-04-2023 - IL)United States of America v. Alex Banta
Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating the civil rights of another personal with deprivation resulting in bodily injury and death and obstruction of justice in connection with the death of an inmate.<br> <table><br> <h1> <br> <center> <br> <P> <br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Springfield_IL_Fed.png" ... More...
$0 (03-16-2023 - IL)The People of the States of Illinois v. Bernard Mims
<br> ORDER<br> <br> ¶ 1 Held: Where defendant's 70-year sentence, including 20-year enhancement for discharge of a firearm, imposed on remand was within statutory range for first degree murder, and record showed that mitigating evidence was presented to court, sentence will not be disturbed on appeal; the judgment of the trial court was affirmed.<br> <br> ¶ 2 Defendant Bernard Mims comes before ... More...
$0 (04-17-2013 - IL)State of Illinois v. Bernard Mims
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempted murder.<br> <br> Shortly after midnight on October 12, 2000, a security guard at the Rosenwald apartment building on 47th Street in Chicago was gunned down as he stood near the front entrance. The security guard was identified as 33-year-old Dwayne Baker, an off-duty Cook County Sheriff's deputy.<br> <br> Witnes... More...
$0 (12-31-2006 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Christopher Abernathy
Following a jury trial, defendant, Christopher Abernathy, was found guilty of the murder, attempted aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and armed robbery of Kristina Hickey. Defendant was sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment for the murder, 30 years' imprisonment for the armed robbery and 30 years' imprisonment for the aggravated criminal sexual assa... More...
$0 (09-20-1989 - IL)State of Illinois v. Christopher Abernathy
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder, rape and robbery.<br> <br> On October 3, 1984, 15-year-old Kristina Hickey disappeared while walking home from a high school choir performance in Park Forest, Illinois. Her body was found two days later behind a shopping mall. She had been raped and stabbed.<br> <br> More than a year later, on November 30, 1985, p... More...
$0 (12-31-1987 - IL)United States of America v. Kenesha Burlison
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with identity theft.<br> <br> Kenesha Burlison, 40, of St. Louis, Missouri, was the Director of Human Relations for Call for Help, Inc. from 2016 until her termination in 2020. Call for Help is a longstanding charitable organization in East St. Louis, Illinois, that helps people overcome a variety of personal crises, rangin... More...
$0 (09-19-2022 - IL)State of Illinois v. Martin Hubbard
Effingham, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with eight counts of predatory criminal sexual assault.<br> <br> Multiple juveniles, all under five years old were the victims.... More...
$0 (07-28-2022 - IL)State of Illinois v. John Lenoir
Urbana, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child alleging different sex acts.<br> <br> John Lenoir, age 56, was accused of sexually molesting a female child in her father's home.... More...
$0 (07-28-2022 - IL)United States of America v. Brain Stafford
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally possessing multiple firearms and dealing heroin and crack cocaine.<br> <br> BRIAN STAFFORD, 42, illegally possessed two loaded handguns and drugs in his vehicle and residence in Bellwood, Ill., on Nov. 2, 2016. A day earlier, Stafford sold 101 grams of heroin to an individual who, unbeknownst to Stafford, was ... More...
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