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Tezak will plead guilty to two arson chargesguilty.Millionaire businessman and former Will County Coroner Robert Tezak will plead guilty Monday to arson charges.Tezak had been set to go to trial Monday in federal court onThe Iliiana Jewish Genealogical Society and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois will meet Sunday, 1 p.m., at Spertus College of Judaica, Room 904, to hear Sidney Sorkin speak on Chicago’slandsmanshaften.Soertus Colleee is located at 618charges that he hired others in 1987 to set fires at two buildingshe owned.But last week a lawyer for Tezak announced to U.S. Judge Waynearticles on Chicago Jewish history.Meetings are free to members; cost is $1 to non-members. Membership in the Iliiana Jewish Genealogical Society is $20 annually per family and includes quarterly newletters, access to library resource materials and free partici-If the ex-coroner pleads guiltyMonday in federal court in Chicago he likely will be sentenced several months from now, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Dean Polales. “Sentencing is typically a few months later,” he said.Polales last week commented little about the status of the Tezak case and he refused to divulge the terms of Tezak’s plea agreement.Tezak, once a powerful force in the W’ill County political arena, was indicted last year on charges that he hired others to burn down the Galaxy Bowl in Crest Hill and a downtown Joliet building that housed the Will County Private Industry Council.He allegedly wanted to collect the insurance money from thebuildings, which he owned, and to destroy Private Industry Council records because the job-training program was under federal investigation and many of its files had been subpoenaed.Tezak also is charged with obstruction of justice for threateningto kill his 25-year-old formerdaughter-in-law and ex-loverNikki Leber if she dared testify against him in court.Tezak has been jailed at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago since Sept. 3 after the alleged threat against Leber. He I was denied bond on Sept. 29 after I he admitted that he had a cocaine I problem. ILeber said that she and Tezak I shared cocaine together, according I to officials. IAnderson that Tezak would pleadJewish genealogy group sets meeting at Spertus
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Sun, Oct 24, 1993
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