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Continued from Page A-1mitted his guilt in that incident.The former coroner said he had the Joliet building, which housed the federally funded Will County Private Industry Council, torched in December 1987 to collect the insurance money and to destroy records kept there that were wanted by a federal grand jury as part of an investigation of other individuals.Tezak “will do at least nine or 10 vears.”Continued from Page A-1son or group who contributed time and effort to the trail.“I think it is a clever idea,” said Frankfort representative Paula Wallrich.The commission plans to further discuss these projects at a later date.Polales said when questioned about how much time Tezak actually will spend in federal prison. Tezak has been in jail since bond was revoked last fall and will receive credit for time served, he said.Tezak also must pay a $750,000 fine — $250,000 for each of the three counts and an additional $500,000 in restitution to the insurance companies for the fires at the Galaxy Bowl and the PIC building.Andersen, in sentencing Tezak, made note of his “serious abuses that took placeover a lengthy period of time,” Polalessaid.tral railroad track through portions of Park Forest, Matteson, Rich Township, Frankfort and the Will County Forest Preserve. The trail ultimately will wind through New Lenox.A non-profit organization obtained the track and sold it to the management commission.serious sentencing was necessary,” he said.Additionally, during the sentencing Andersen noted that after bond was revoked last fall, Tezak attempted to hire a fellow inmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, Sheldon Shannon, to kill former labor leader Kenneth Floyd, Polales said.Floyd was a co-conspirator of Tezak’s and a possible witness against him.Tezak later changed his mind about having Floyd killed and halted the plot but still paid Shannon $1,000, Shannon has testified in Andersen’s courtroom.Dan Webb, one of Tezak’s attorneys, appeared in court Friday and “spoke at length,” Polales added.Polales said Tezak now heads to a federal penitentiary.Tezak was once an influential force in Will County Republican politics. He was first elected coroner in 1976 and served three terms. He made millions after gaining the rights to the UNO card game. Tezak also owned several radio stations and dabbled in auto racing.Tezak, his wife and several of their companies have declared bankruptcy.Andersen thus said the “substantial andConstruction is scheduled to begin next year on the mile hiking and biking trail, which runs along abandoned Penn Cen-
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