Legal News for Champaign, Illinois
State of Illinois v. Sean Grayson
Springfield, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter. Sean Grayson, a former sheriff's deputy, was charged with manslaughter for shooint and killing Sonya Massey, 36, in her Springfield, Illinois home on in 2024.... More...
(01-30-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Adam Stone
Chicago, Illinois, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wo counts of home invasion. Adam Stone, age 28, was accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriends house in 2022 to confront her .... More...
(01-28-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Quadajah "Holly" Johnson
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Quadajah "Holly" Johnson, 31, accused of the murder of Romeca Blackmon back on Sept. 8 near Cermak Road and State Street.... More...
(01-23-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. James L. Parker
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with suspicion of engaging in an online chat with a child and planning to meet for sexual purposes. James L. Parker was taken into custody without incident and was booked into the Peoria County Jail.... More...
(01-23-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Jason Dawson
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson. Jason Dawson, 38, was setting fire to an insurance office building on East Delmar Avenue in Alton on Nov. 22, 2025. The complaint alleged Dawson was upset about the amount for a life insurance policy cashout after a meeting with employees on Nov. 21 and returned to the office the following day to set... More...
(01-23-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Andres Morales Gonzalez
n January 21, 2026, the Mount Prospect Police Department charged Andres Morales Gonzalez, 35 years old, no permanent address, with one felony count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault, one felony count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, one felony count of Aggravated Battery Involving Strangulation, and one felony count of Unlawful Restraint. These charges stem from an incident that occurred o... More...
(01-23-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Juan Espinoza Martinez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers Jonathan Bedi and Dena Singer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering and murder-for-hire. Juan Espinoza Martinez had sent private messages on Snapchat that included pictures of Trump Administration Homeland Security official Gregory Bovino and a series of threatening comments, including “10K if you can take him down.” The defendant... More...
(01-22-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Antoine Larry
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer Beau Brindley represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and interference with commerce by threat or violence. Antoine Larry was serving as a patrol officer for the Phoenix, Ill. Police Department when he conspired with another officer to corruptly solicit cash and drugs from the occupants of vehicles during traffic ... More...
(01-21-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Traveon H. Reese
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Traveon H. Reese, 31, of Atlanta, Georgia, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. “This conspiracy victimized numerous hardworking people across central and southern Illinoi... More...
(01-16-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Christopher William Crawford
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. 21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE On or about 9/5/24 and 9/9/24 in Peoria County in the CDIL, Dft knowingly and intentionally distributed 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual), a Schedule II controlled substance. In violation of 21 U.S.C. Sections 841(a)(1)... More...
(01-16-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Edmund Singleton
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with motor vehicle theft carjacking. EDMUND SINGLETON and two co-defendants conspired to commit the carjackings on a single night in November 2022. In the first carjacking, Singleton drove the trio in a stolen car to a gas station in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago, where the co-defendants violently took an Infin... More...
(01-16-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Antonio Stigler
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Antonio Stigler, age 32, is accused of murdering a pregnant woman.... More...
(01-16-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Lashawn Ranking
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant changed with second-degree burglary. Lashawn Rankine accused for moving into a vacant house on the market for sale.... More...
(01-12-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Rogello Ibarra
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.... More...
(01-07-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Joel Quintero Cristian
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Officers were dispatched to 9600-block of S. Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood and when they arrived they found a 27-year-old woman with multiple gunshot wounds was dead. Joel Quintero Cristian, 29, was taken into police custody shortly after the shooting.... More...
(01-07-2026 - IL)Stephanie Mackey v. Chemtool, Inc.
Rockford, Illinois, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a property damage claims. This case was filed in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Winnebago Cty., IL, 2021-L-0000165 and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.... More...
(01-06-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Ana A. Hernandez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully interfering with housing rights. On March 16, 2024, ANA M. HERNANDEZ, age 70, threw a glass bottle containing oil and a washcloth—a device commonly known as a “Molotov cocktail”—onto her neighbor’s back porch in Chicago. The incendiary device started a fire on the wooden porch, but no one was... More...
(12-26-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Ana M. Hernandez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged assault for throwing incendiary device onto her neighbors’ porch. On March 16, 2024, ANA M. HERNANDEZ threw a glass bottle containing oil and a washcloth—a device commonly known as a “Molotov cocktail”—onto her neighbor’s back porch in Chicago. The incendiary device started a fire on the wooden porch, bu... More...
(12-23-2025 - IL)Cheryl Lane, et al. v. Stericycle
Chicago, Illinois, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on Equal Pay Act violation theories Stericycle sells waste-disposal services to healthcare organizations and commercial businesses. Its sales department includes two divisions: a national division, serving corporate entities including pharmacies; and a hospital division, serving hospitals and integrated delivery netw... More...
(12-23-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Joseph Carpenter
Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child and activities relating to child pornography. Carpenter exchanged online messages with an undercover federal agent posing as the father of an eight-year-old girl. Carpenter requested sexually explicit photographs and videos of the daughter. He also advised the “father” on what me... More...
(12-23-2025 - IL)Shrella Benton v. Trans Union, L.L.C.
Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory. AI Overview Common FCRA Violations & Penalties | Stein Saks, PLLC Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations involve credit bureaus (CRAs) or data furnishers messing up your credit report (like wrong balances, late payments, mixed files), not fixing disputes, reportin... More...
(12-23-2025 - IL)Ryan O'Donnell and Michael Goree v. City of Chicago and URT United Road Towing, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories. After receiving a ticket in Chicago, a vehicle owner must pay in full, enter into an installment payment plan, or contest the violation. Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC) § 9-100-050. If the owner fails to pay or successfully contest the violation, the City of Chicago sends a noti... More...
(12-22-2025 - IL)Ramona Milan v. Selene Finance, L.P.
Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory. Ramona Milam is an Illinois homeowner who took out a mortgage loan. Selene Finance acts as the loan servicer, collecting her mortgage payments on behalf of the lender. When Milam missed payments in 2023, Selene sent her a letter internal practices prevented Selene from ... More...
(12-22-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Alvin Beasley
Urban, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.... More...
(12-19-2025 - IL)United States of America v. De’Adre L. Owens
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling meth and witness tampering. Ryan Castleman drove Charlie Anderson, a confidential informant, to Centralia, Illinois, to execute a controlled buy from De’Andre Owens. When they arrived, Detective Dukes searched Anderson, provided him with $275 and a handheld recording device, and instructed that he... More...
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