John Jacobsen booking photo (Photo courtesy of McHenry County Sheriff’s Department).

Hebron trustee Mark Mogan, who had been remanded into custody in connection with a Dec. 27 incident of alleged drunken driving incident, which resulted in the death of a pedestrian and Lake Geneva resident, Samantha Norris, had his driver’s license suspended for one year as pending criminal litigation moves forward.

Mogan, 49, is currently at the rank of sergeant and has spent the last 23 years with the Lake In The Hills police department in McHenry county. He is presently on paid administrative leave during the ongoing investigation. He is also presently serving as a Village of Hebron trustee, and filed as a candidate for village president.

The court action occurred the week of Feb. 20, as the judge found ample cause through the testimony of officers that had responded to the scene of the accident, located on Wisconsin State Highway 120, just south of Highway 50, while the victim was crossing the thoroughfare after a work shift at the Grand Geneva National Golf Club, at 5:20 p.m., according to police reports.

Mark Mogan booking photo (Photo courtesy of Walworth County Sheriff’s Department)

Mogan had refused a field sobriety test, a breathalyzer analysis, and a blood draw. Officers had indicated the odor of alcohol on his person, leading to the license suspension. He was held overnight at the Walworth County Jail in Elkhorn, before supplying a $5,000 bond, and being released the following day. Attempts to reach the department’s Lt. Edward Gritzner for comment were not successful.

Walworth County investigators are attempting to reconstruct the fatal crash’s chronology, and the initial charge against Mogan was injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle.

Mogan’s alleged incident is not the only criminal charges pending against a Hebron candidate. Village president John Jacobsen was arrested March 17 after emergency responders acted on a service call to Jacobsen’s residence where he was found unconscious and unresponsive in his bathroom. A female acquaintance, and “family friend,” Jenna Rosing had contacted 911 emergency operators and alleged Jacobsen had been “drinking alcohol and smoking crack cocaine throughout the night.”

The description contained in a police report, also listed the female as stating he was acting “creepy.” After a search warrant, authorities recovered two crack pipes, less than one gram of a substance that appeared to be crack cocaine, along with the weapon and ammunition. Rosing, a Lake Geneva resident, was taken into custody on bench warrants for three counts of retail theft and taken to the Walworth County Jail.

Jacobsen was charged and is facing felony criminal charges of possession of a controlled substance, and possession of a firearm (shotgun) without having an Illinois State Police-issued firearm owner’s identification card. Two misdemeanor counts of drug paraphernalia and firearm ammunition without a proper FOID card were also added. The charges have not impacted his ability to run for elective office, unless found guilty of the felonies.

“There are a total of four candidates in the upcoming primary election, not just two,” said Hebron village clerk Rose Miller. “I will not comment on the situation, nor will the Village of Hebron make a statement regarding this issue.”

This is Jacobsen’s second encounter with criminal wrongdoing, having been arrested for alleged  crack cocaine possession in 2013.

The other two candidates for village president, Frank Beatty and Kimberly Martinez, were unavailable for comment.