By Benjamin Cox on May 24, 2021 at 9:05am
Morgan County has a new assistant’s state’s attorney. John “Jake” Kelley has been hired to take over for the departing Craig Miller. Miller won election April to the Cass County State’s Attorney’s office.
Kelley was a previous assistant’s state’s attorney in Sangamon County from 2001-2005. Kelley resigned from the post in early 2006 under allegations of official misconduct. According to reports by the State Journal Register, Kelley admitted to using cocaine and marijuana to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. The commission recommended that the Illinois Supreme Court suspend his law license in 2008.