Illinois Kidnapping Law

<h2> <center> State of Illinois v. Chevazz Campbell </h2> </center>

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Chevazz Campbel,age 37, stabbed and killed a CTA employee. Under Illinois law (720 ILCS 5/9-1), first degree murder is defined as killing an individual without lawful justification when a person does any of the following: • Intentional Murder: They intend to kill or do great bodily harm... More...

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<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andrew Franklin </h2> </center>

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery and kidnapping. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Andrew Franklin, 19, of Chciago, DASHUN BROWN, 24, of Chicago, posed as a food delivery driver to cause an individual in the residence to open the front doo... More...

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United States of America v. Joaquín Guzmán López

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to kidnapping, distributing drugs, and money laundering. Joaquin Guzman Lopez, who succeeded his father, Joaquin Guzman Loera, also known as “El Chapo,” as one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal drug charges. “The Sinaloa Cartel is a terrorist or... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Antonio Salgado; Octavio Alejandre Jr.; Armando Delgado </h1>

<h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violent Kidnapping in Chicago </font/color="red"></center><center> Three Men Sentenced to Federal Prison in Connection With Violent Kidnapping in Chicago </h2></center> </h2></center> In 2015, ANTONIO SALGADO, OCTAVIO A... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Devontay Shields </h1>

<h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Allegedly Plotting To Abduct a Child in Florida </center><center> Illinois Man Arrested for Allegedly Plotting To Abduct a Child in Florida</h2></center> </h2></center> An Illinois man was arrested in... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Domingo Francisco-Juan </h1>

<h2><center> Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Forced Labor.</h2></center> <h2><center> Illinois Family Members Sentenced for Kidnapping, Forced Labor and Conspiracy for Coercing Two Minors and a Third Victim in Years-Long Scheme</h2></center Domingo Francisco-Juan, 44, was... More...

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The People of the State of Illinois v. Joseph Sorrentino

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with double kidnapping, armed robbery, and Murder. "Defendant Joseph Sorrentino was convicted by a jury in the mid-1980s of a violent double kidnapping, armed robbery, and murder. But the judge overseeing his trial proceedings, Thomas Maloney, was later discovered in the federal investigation known as Oper... More...

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United States of America v. Emmitt T. Tiner

East St. Louis, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud, extortion, sending interstate communications with the intent to extort, healthcare fraud, money laundering, and conducting financial transactions with criminally derived proceeds. Emmitt T. Tiner, agte 55, of O'Fallon, Illinois, admitted that he extorted more than $2,000,000 from two local ... More...

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United States of America v. Gabriel Bush

<center><h2><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act charges. </h2></center> This case offers a window into the viâ€ olent and ruthless world of the Hobos street gang, which opâ€ erated in Chicago from 2004 to 2013. With the credo, "The 2 Nos. 1... More...

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United States of America v. William Ford

<center><h2><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act charges. </h2></center> This case offers a window into the viâ€ olent and ruthless world of the Hobos street gang, which opâ€ erated in Chicago from 2004 to 2013. With the credo, "The 2 Nos. ... More...

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United States of America v. Byron Brown

<center><h2><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act charges. </h2></center> This case offers a window into the viâ€ olent and ruthless world of the Hobos street gang, which opâ€ erated in Chicago from 2004 to 2013. With the credo, "The 2 ... More...

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United States of America v. Ladmarald Cates

<center><h2><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a aggravated sexual abuse charge. </h2></center> On July 16, 2010, Lemons had an altercation with neighbors outside her home in Milwaukee. Officers Cates and Alvin Hannah responded to her 911 call. While Lemons was alone with Cates in her home, he sexuall... More...

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United States of America v. Tony Sparkman

<center><h2><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with racketeering, drug crimes, and two counts of using a fireâ€arm to commit a kidnapping charge. </h2></center> Tony Sparkman belonged to a gang that conspired to kidâ€ nap and rob drug dealers for money and drugs. The gang was responsible for murders, kidn... More...

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United States of America v. Hector Uriarte

<center><h2><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with racketeering, drug crimes, and two counts of using a firearm to commit a kidnapping charge. </h2></center> Hector Uriarte was a member of a gang that conspired to kidnap and rob drug dealers for money and drugs. He was indicted for, and convicted of, several fed... More...

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United States of America v. Bryan Protho

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with kidnapping a ten-year-old child as she walked home from school in Calumet City. On the afternoon of Dec. 20, 2017, BRYAN PROTHO grabbed the child as she walked on a sidewalk in the south suburb. Protho forcibly dragged the victim into a sport-utility vehicle and drove away. He then parked the vehicle in a near... More...

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United States of America v. Bryan Protho

Chicago, IL - The United States of America charged Bryan Protho with kidnapping. A federal jury has convicted an Indiana man of kidnapping a child from a Calumet City street as she walked home from school. On Dec. 20, 2017, at approximately 3:30 p.m., BRYAN PROTHO grabbed the child as she walked on a sidewalk in the south suburb. Protho forcibly dragged the victim into a red For... More...

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United States of America v. Brendt Christensen

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/findleyfbspringfield_8416733164112529437_1428954973069.jpg"> </center> Springfield, IL - Defendant to Serve Life in Prison in Kidnapping and Murder of Visiting Chinese Student Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney John C. Milhiser announce... More...

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United States of America v. Carleous Clay

Chicago, IL - Michigan Man Guilty of Kidnapping Suburban Chicago Woman and Attacking Federal Jail Employee A Michigan man pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a suburban Chicago woman whose home he burglarized. CARLEOUS CLAY admitted in a plea agreement that he broke into the woman’s home in Lansing, Ill., in September 2015, took sev... More...

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Edward Tobey v. Brenda Chibucos and Mary Stanton

One man’s extradition is another man’s “kidnapping.” Edward Tobey, the plaintiff here, has three state-court convictions (one in Illinois and two in Florida) for possession of child pornography. Tobey also has a penchant for resisting the conditions of probation placed upon him 2 Nos. 16-3927 & 16-4037 by courts and by his probation officer. In 2013, his tussles wit... More...

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State of Illinois v. Cornell Dawson, Antwan Davis, Clifton Lemon, Teron Odum, Ulysses Polk and Duavon Spears

Chicago, IL - Jury Convicts Six Gang Members On Racketeering and Drug Charges "Six defendants are facing up to life imprisonment after a Cook County jury found them guilty of racketeering conspiracy and drug conspiracy following a ten-week trial. Cornell Dawson, the leader of the Black Souls, a violent street gang operating on the west side of Chicago, was convicted along with ... More...

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United States of America v. Marco Proano

Chicago, IL - Jury Convict Cop On Excessive Force Charge The United States of America charged Marco Proano with violating 18 U.S.C. 242 by firing 16 shots at a stole care filled with teenagers in December 2013, wounding two. 18 U.S.C. 242 provides: Deprivation of rights under color of law Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or cus... More...

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United States of America v. Sarah M. Nixon

Urbana, IL - Mother Sentenced to 26 Months in Prison for Taking Child from Illinois to Canada in International Parental Kidnapping Case A Canadian woman was sentenced to serve 26 months in prison following her December conviction for international parental kidnapping, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U... More...

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State of Illinois v. Keith L. Terrell

Sycamore, IL - Defendant Found Guilty In Shaken Baby Case The State of Illinois charged Keith L. Terrell, 26, with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery of a child for killing his 7-week-old daughter Kelis by shaking her violently in August 2013. Defendant's confession to the crime was videotaped. (720 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-1) Sec. 9-1. Firs... More...

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People Of Illinois v. Sanders

Petitioner was charged with the April 1992 murder and aggravated kidnapping of Jonas Cooks. Also charged were Gary Bingham, Aaron May, and Donald Barfield. Separate trials were held, resulting in guilty verdicts. The witnesses described the three men by their nicknames. Bingham was referred to as Pork Chop, May as Little Red, and petitioner as Big Red. ¶ 4 At petitioner’s trial, the pathologi... More...

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People Of Illinois v. Sumler

Defendant was charged with aggravated kidnapping, vehicular hijacking, vehicular invasion, kidnapping, eight counts of violation of an order of protection, and eight counts of domestic battery for an incident that occurred on March 30, 2010. The following evidence was adduced at trial.¶ 4 The victim, S.M., testified that she and defendant had three children together. At the time of trial, the ch... More...

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United States of America v. Nicole Eason

Peoria, IL - Illinois Woman Convicted for Kidnapping and Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Sexual Activity A federal jury in Peoria, Illinois, found Nicole Eason guilty on two counts of kidnapping and one count of transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor. “The Easons took advantage of adopted children at their most vulnerabl... More...

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United States of America v. Nicole Eason and Calvin Eason

WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Peoria, Illinois, found Nicole Eason guilty on two counts of kidnapping and one count of transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney James A. Lewis of the Central District of Illinois and Special Agent in Charge S... More...

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United States of America v. Nicole Eason and Calvin Eason

WASHINGTON â€“ A federal grand jury indicted an Illinois couple on charges of kidnapping and transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney James A. Lewis of the Central District of Illinois and Special Agent in Charge Sean Cox of the FBI's Sprin... More...

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United States of America v. Steven Mandell

CHICAGO â€” A northwest suburban man was sentenced today to life in prison for plotting in 2012 to kidnap, torture, extort and murder an innocent victim and then take control of the victim's real estate holdings. STEVEN MANDELL, 64, formerly known as "Steven Manning,â€ of Buffalo Grove, was tried in February of this year and convicted of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, extortion conspi... More...

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United States of America v. Steven Mandell

CHICAGO, IL â€” A northwest suburban man was sentenced today to life in prison for plotting in 2012 to kidnap, torture, extort and murder an innocent victim and then take control of the victim's real estate holdings. STEVEN MANDELL, 64, formerly known as "Steven Manning,â€ of Buffalo Grove, was tried in February of this year and convicted of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, extortion co... More...

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United States of America v. Charles W. Pollock, Jr.

A jury found Charles Pollock, Jr. guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful pos-session of ammunition, and attempted witness tampering, and Pollock was sentenced to 240 months in prison. Pollock * Of the Southern District of Indiana, sitting by designation. 2 No. 13-2764 appeals his conviction and seeks a new trial; in the alterna-tive, he challenges his sentence. W... More...

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United States of America v. Steven Mandell

The United States of America charged Steven Mandell, age 63, with: Count: 1-2 Citation: 18:1951.F Offense Level: 4 INTERFERENCE WITH COMMERCE BY THREAT OR VIOLENCE Count: 1s Citation: 18:1201.F Offense Level: 4 KIDNAPPING Count: 2s-3s Citation: 18:1951.F Offense Level: 4 INTERFERENCE WITH COMMERCE BY THREAT OR VIOLENCE Count: 4s Citatio... More...

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Herbert Williams v. City of Chicago

In the wee hours of November 18, 2009, plaintiff Herbert Williams was returning home from work. He smelled smoke, saw that his neighbor's house was on fire, and went to the porch of the burning home to bang on the door to rouse anyone who might be inside. Chicago police officers Matthew O'Brien and Joseph Byrne also spotted the smoke and found Williams on the porch. They soon arrested him on suspi... More...

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United States of America v. Sami Samir Hassoun

The United States of America charged Sami Samir Hassoun with use of certain weapons of mass destruction in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2332 and explosive penalities - if death results in violation of 18 U.S.C. 8441 as a result of Defendant placing what he believe to be a powerful bomb along a bustling city street near the Chicago Cubs' baseball stadium. The bomb was actually a fake given to him by an ... More...

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State of Illinois v. Ronald Stolberg

The State of Illinois charged Ronald Stolberg, age 49, with first-degree murder in conjunction with the death of his wife who he held to the floor until she stopped breathing in the early morning hours of June 8, 2011 in their townhouse in Vernon Hills, Illinois. Prosecutors Jim Newman and Scott Hoffert argued that Stolberg became so irritated, sleep-deprived and frustrated with his menta... More...

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Diontra Common v. City of Chicago

On November 18, 2006, Chicago Police Officer Guy Nelson fatally shot Michael Smith as he exited a convenience store on Chicago's south side. After his family sued the officer and the City, a jury found that the officer had not used excessive force against Smith. The only question in this appeal is whether the district court judge erred by allowing in evidence that Smith had drugs secreted in his m... More...

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Steven Manning v. United States of America and Robert Buchan and Gary Miller

If a federal law enforcement officer commits a tort, the victim has two distinct avenues of relief: he may pursue a constitutional tort claim against the individual officer under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), or he may pursue a common law tort claim against the United States pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims... More...

$0 (10-07-2008 - IL)

Steven Manning v. Dye, et al.

Steve Manning sued Robert Buchan and Gary Miller claiming that they violated his civil rights, 42 U.S.C. 1983, when they framed him with crimes that he did not commit with the result that he was sentenced to death and spent 14 years on death row. He claimed that Buchan and Miller coached witnesses, failed to disclose that witnesses were getting paid and leaked sensitive information to an infor... More...

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<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2003/1stDistrict/June/Html/1012942.htm" target="_new">State of Illinois v. Patrick Sykes</a>

This appeal arises from defendant's convictions of four counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, attempted first degree murder and aggravated kidnaping for his alleged assault on Girl X after a jury trial. He was sentenced to a total of 120 years' imprisonment: 60-year terms on two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault with concurrent 60-year terms for the other two counts, concurrent... More...

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<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/opinions/appellatecourt/2002/5thDistrict/January/Html/5000713.htm" target="_new=">People v. Johnston</a>

William Harold Johnston was convicted of armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and attempted murder in May of 1985. He exhausted all of his appeals years ago. A final effort to overturn his convictions, through the pursuit of postconviction proceedings, failed in 1991. During the ensuing nine years, Johnston served his time without hope of relief from a lengthy imprisonment that constituted the... More...

$0 (01-25-2002 - IL)