The good crowd

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to three years in prison on May 31 for his role in a bank robbery in 2017.
He scoped out the interior of a bank that his cousin went in and robbed.
They didn't get very far before being arrested.

Pay attention

Working as a crime and courts reporter opens a door to life as it really is.

It is no TV show or movie.

Before probable cause or a bond is set, a judge will hear facts from prosecutors about the alleged incident.

On Monday in Kankakee County court, a man was charged with aggravated domestic battery.

What set him off?

The prosecutor read from a report, the victim's boyfriend (defendant) was upset she was not paying attention to him. She was asleep at the time.

He roughed her up, including strangling her.

All because she wasn't paying attention.

He is going to have trouble with people not paying attention to him while in jail.

Too bad.

Weed smell

During a custody call (bond hearings) in a Kankakee (Illinois) County courtroom. a judge stopped proceedings.

She saw a man in the back with his leg up on the back of the bench in front of him.