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Tezak stays in jail until sentencingBy Tamara SharmanFormer Will County Coroner Robert Tezak will stay in custody until he is sentenced to a federal prison.U.S. District Judge Wayne Andersen Tuesday denied Tezak’s release on bond in an arson case.Tezak was once a powerhouse in Will County Republican politics.Andersen said that multimillionaire Tezak has sufficient financial assets to make him a flight risk, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Dean Polales and Steven Popuch, a member of Tezak’s defenseteam of several lawyers.“This was one case where Bobby’s wealth worked against him,” Popuch commented on the judge’s belief that Tezak might flee if he were released on bond.“We were hopeful, but not optimistic, that he would be released,” Popuch said.Tezak has been held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago since Sept. 3 when his bond was revoked and he was taken into custody for threatening to kill Nikki Leber, his former daughter-in-law and ex-lover.Bond was denied Sept. 29 after Tezak admitted he had a cocaine problem.Andersen described his decision to deny Tezak’s release on bond as difficult, but he said he believed Tezak could be a danger to the community, Polales said.“It’s a decision the government views as clearly correct,” Polales said.Tezak pleaded guilty Oct. 25 to charges that he hired others to torch a Crest Hill bowling alley he owned to collect insurance money and that he threatened to kill Leber in an attempt to sway the woman from testifying against him in court.Tezak also admitted his role in conspir-■ See TEZAK, Page A-4
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