CHICAGO

Hastert ordered to report to prison by June 22

Judge Thomas Durkin on May 19 ordered former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert to report to prison no later than 2 p.m. on June 22.

Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison on April 27 for violating federal banking laws while attempting to hide multiple cash payments to a man he had sexually abused when the man was a student at Yorkville High School, where Hastert was a teacher and wrestling coach in the 60s and 70s.

Durkin’s order comes a week after Hastert paid the $250,000 fine Durkin imposed as part of his sentence.

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has not yet selected a prison facility for Hastert, who has been assigned prisoner number 47991-424. But at sentencing Judge Durkin formally recommended the bureau of prisons house Hastert at one of six federal medical facilities in the federal system.

GENEVA

City administrator honored by public Administration group

Geneva City Administrator Mary McKittrick has earned the 2016 Outstanding Administrator Award from the Greater Chicago Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration.

The Chicago Chapter has been honoring outstanding professionals in the fields of public administration and policy for more than 25 years. The purpose of the award is to honor an individual with connections to the Chicago area who has made substantial contributions to good government and public administration for an extended period.

COUNTY

West Chicago man jailed for domestic violence incident

A West Chicago man with a lengthy criminal past will go to prison for a domestic violence incident that took place in a car on an Interstate 90 entrance ramp.

Robert M. Scholl, 42, of the 4N block of Locust Avenue, West Chicago, and previously of Chicago, was sentenced Friday, May 13, 2016, by Associate Judge David Kliment, to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Scholl was convicted Jan. 22, 2016, of aggravated battery, a Class 3 felony, and domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor. Scholl waived his right to a jury trial.

State’s Attorney’s Office Logo SMALLKane County prosecutors presented evidence that at about 7 a.m. May 22, 2014, Scholl, the victim and a toddler were in a vehicle that was on the entrance ramp off northbound Route 31 onto eastbound Interstate 90 in Elgin. Scholl was the driver, the victim was in the front passenger seat and the toddler was in the back. Scholl and the victim were arguing.

Scholl stropped the car on the shoulder, got out and walked to the passenger side, opened the door, struck the victim with his hands and tried to pull the victim out of the car. A witness saw the victim hanging out of the car, screaming for help. The witnessed stopped, got out of her car and yelled at Scholl to stop. Scholl went to the driver’s side of his car to retrieve some belongings and then fled on foot. Scholl was arrested June 1 on a warrant.

During the sentencing hearing, Kliment cited Scholl’s significant criminal history, which includes a conviction for aggravated battery, multiple drug-related convictions, a weapon conviction, a burglary conviction, and multiple convictions for driving without a license.

AURORA

17-year-old Marmion student dies after falling off vehicle

Aurora police are investigating a single-vehicle accident in which a 17-year-old Marmion Academy student suffered fatal injuries from falling off of a vehicle’s running board.

Stephen J. Woodcock, 17, of the 4N300 block of Booth Tarkington Street, St. Charles, died last week at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.

He had been airlifted directly to Good Samaritan following the accident, which occurred around 3:45 p.m., May 13, at Marmion Academy, located at 1000 Butterfield Road.

Woodcock was riding on the passenger side running board and holding onto the exterior of a 2011 Acura MDX being driven by Jerin Martin, 18, of the 3000 block of Elleby Court, North Aurora, which was eastbound in the school’s north parking lot. Martin told police he was driving around 10 mph and when he made a left turn, Woodcock apparently lost his grip and fell backward off the vehicle, striking the pavement and suffering head and other apparent injuries.

He was initially treated at the scene by Aurora Fire Department paramedics.

Martin, who is also a Marmion student, was cited for reckless driving. The investigation is continuing and other charges have not been ruled out.

ELGIN

Controversial mural to move indoors to Hemmens

City officials originally planned to have public discussions about a controversial mural that displays part of a 1930s lynching scene.

Instead, the city is moving the mural from an outdoor downtown to inside the Hemmens Cultural Center., according to reports.

The art, on display at a downtown Elgin park, was commissioned by the city 10 years ago. It depicts a crowd of people, including a figure pointing at something that’s not part of the image.

The art is based on a photo of a 1930s lynching, which includes the bodies of two men hanging off a tree.

The artwork does not include images of the dead men.

COUNTY

Fee approved for recycling large screen televisions

The Kane County Board passed a resolution Tuesday that will allow eWorks, the county’s electronics-recycling contractor, to charge a fee for recycling big TVs.

The fee will be minimal — $25 for TVs 20 inches or less and $35 for TVs 21 inches and over — and only charged after eWorks collects and processes 1.2 million pounds

–Kane County News Briefs–