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It's guilty againBLOOMINGTON — Former Will County Coroner Robert Tezak was convicted Thursday on arson charges for a 1987 fire that gutted a Joliet building and destroyed evidence federal prosecutors had subpoenaed as part of an investigation into Will County corruption. The onetime Republican powerbroker showed no emotion when the downstate McLean County jury of eight women and four men announced its guilty verdict after four hours of deliberation. Dressed in a charcoal gray suit, Tezak, who was brought from a federal penitentiary to face the state arson charges, turned to his sister and waved as he was led from the courtroom. Tezak, who faces up to seven years on the charges, will be sentenced June 21 in Joliet. Tezak already is serving a 12-year federal sentence of for ordering the 1987 burning of a bowling alley he owned in Crest Hill. The trial, which lasted four days, was moved to Bloomington after Tezak’s attorney asked for a change of venue, claiming his client wouldn’t receive a fair trial in Joliet.— APC News Sennce
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Matteson Star
Matteson, Illinois, US
Sun, May 19, 1996
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