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Former coroner to plead guilty: lawyerMillionaire 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 on charges that he hired others in 1987 to set fires at two buildings he owned.But last week a lawyer for Tezakannounced to U.S. Judge Wayne Anderson that Tezak would plead guilty.If the ex-coroner pleads guilty Monday 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 Will 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 thathoused the Will County Private Industry Council.He allegedly wanted to collect the insurance money from the buildings, 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 just ice for threatening to kill his 25-year-old formerdaughter-in-law and ex-lover Nikki 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 was denied bond on Sept. 29 after he admitted that he had a cocaine problem.Leber said that she and Tezak shared cocaine together, according to officials.Lewis University Airport to host 8 entries
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Frankfort Star
Frankfort, Illinois, US
Sun, Oct 24, 1993
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