Martina Standley was 32 on Nov. 13, 2019, when a police officer turned the wheel of his SUV, knocking her down near 71st Street and Jeffery Boulevard, causing serious injuries.
URBANA â A Champaign County judge Wednesday ordered the city of Urbana to release police reports sought by a watchdog group under the Freedom of Information Act while scolding two government lawyers for withholding information from him.
Judge Jason Bohm said attorneys for the Illinois State Police and Illinois State Appellate Prosecutorâs office âcertainly appear to have violated the spiritâ of the code of professional conduct for lawyers by failing to give him information about the timing of an investigation, a key element in the cityâs denial of the request for the reports.
The ruling came in a case filed March 6 by the Edgar County Watchdogs, who wanted to see Urbana police reports regarding a January incident involving state Rep. Carol Ammons at a resale shop in Urbana.