Student responsible for making alleged threat had no plan to carry out any violence and did not have access to firearms, officials say.
Steven Coleman claimed public defender's representation of him was tainted by boss' loyalty to previous employer Mertes & Mertes, which is representing a plaintiff in a $100M civil suit that names Coleman as a defendant.
Jonathon Gounaris, 32, is charged with 4 counts of attempted first-degree murder, 3 counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, 3 counts of aggravated battery and 2 counts of possession of a firearm without a firearm owner’s identification card.
Ronald Peacock, 18, is accused of trying to sexually assault the woman after confronting her at her car at the Casey’s gas station on June 16.
A Whiteside County judge has denied reducing the sentence of a Sterling man currently serving up to 24 years in prison on two charges of disseminating child sexual abuse images.
James S. Clevenger III, 61, was sentenced Sept. 12 to 30 years on each of six counts of criminal sexual assault.
The shooting happened shortly before 6 p.m. July 23 in the area of 13th Avenue and East Fifth Street in Sterling. Responding officers found two boys – one 14, the other 17 – suffering from gunshot wounds.
Jason L. Endress, 45, was sentenced to four years probation with special conditions after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse that prosecutors said stemmed from a 2004 incident when he was a director at Camp Lowden, a Boy Scout camp east of Oregon.
Jeremy L. Standard, 40, has been sentenced to eight years in state prison after pleading guilty Aug. 21 to aggravated battery causing great bodily harm during a March 2 fight, according to Whiteside County Court documents.