Sentencing. Every word they utter in court can make a difference so says chicago defense attorney michael monico. You want definitely to Say Something thats natural and speaks from the heart. Will he say his bipolarity played a role . Will he say that he made a mistake . Hes sorry. I assume hes going to say that. Monico, has represented 2 high profile clients who know the weight of a guilty plea before a judge. Chris kellycaught up in the governor blagojevich scandal ended his own life before a judge could send him away. Former alderman and political powerhouse ed vrodlyak spent 10 months in a federal prison for his role in a real estate scheme. In the jacksons case, the government recommends 4 years for the ex congressman. 18 months for his wife the exalderman. Monico says the jackson name, status, and celebrity may actually help on sentencing day. Hes given up quite a bit. Hes already suffered. Hes lost his job, hes lost his position as congressman, been embarrassed and humiliated. O
Billboard on west 27th avenue in garry when a storm came through. Am shocked that they allowed him to work during a thunderstorm and i am disappointed. I had heard and deeply hurt that i will not see my son and i will not see my son see his children grow up. The county coroner says the man sustained multiple burns. The family is not sure what is next. The family had decided the wife would stay on to raise the children but they do not know what now. I pray for him every day because it is a dangerous job going up their high. Across town lightning struck a house killing a man. Neighbors knew him as jacki. They were doing cpr on him to try to bring them back but it did not work. Those who know him now it was his mothers house and he was staying home with this nine month old foster child. That child was taken to the hospital after the house caught on fire. We heard a big noise and i covered my ears and turned off the television. We are waiting for an update on the babys condition and we wil
Escaped the fiery crash alive and he is at leila and may would being treated for severe burns. The other passenger who we believe was his wife passed away from her injuries and the investigation is ongoing. Gunfire outside Roosevelt High School on the northwest side. A student grazed by a bullet. Two young suspects being questioned. Wgns Marcella Raymond is in albany park with the latest. Chicago police said they have a suspect and the gun they believe that was used to shoot a 15 yearold student at the north end of Roosevelt High School. He was a student at roosevelt but the student who did it did not attend. The freshman got out of school and was shot in the leg. There was a verbal altercation first at the bus stop at kimball and leland, they do not believe it was gangrelated. After the argument the shooter pointed a gun at the head of the 15 year old. He grabbed the gun and the shooter shot and hit him in the leg. The shooting happened after school let out at around 215. Students i s
Semaglutide, the active ingredient in the injectable diabetes drug Ozempic and its weight-loss sister prescription Wegovy, seems to have yet another unfortunate side effect: putting back on the weight, and then some, when one stops taking it. As two women told The Messenger in interviews about their experiences with the injectable drugs, the weight gain wasn't […]