PEORIA Local state s attorneys say they can t comment on hypothetical cases involving COVID-19 enforcement but agree they will apply the law as it fits.
Both Peoria County State s Attorney Jodi Hoos and her Tazewell County counterpart, Stewart Umholtz, say they take things on a case-by-case basis, and that they will act appropriately. Umholtz, whose office has received no complaints at all, said he will not comment on hypotheticals.
Umholtz works in a county where the top lawman, Sheriff Jeff Lower, has repeatedly said he will not enforce the governor s executive orders as he doesn t feel they are rooted in law. But Umholtz said that s not a factor to him.