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Continued from Page A-1might reconsider it at another date. He also said he would speak to prison authorities about moving Tezak to a less restrictive section of the jail.“He strikes me as being not physically dangerous,” Anderson said of Tezak. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dean Polales, too, said after the hearing that he would telephone the jail on the same matter.Polales would not comment on whether he will seek the additional charges of obstruction of justice from a grand jury. The U.S. Attorney’s Office can issue charges directly through a criminal information.Webb requested additional time to prepare his defense in case the new charges are filed. A status hearing it set for Oct. 5 and motions could be filed then. Tezak’s trial is scheduled for Oct. 12.Anderson seemed sympathetic to the damage done via the bizarre relationships among the Tezak family members.“1 have no desire at all to inflict additional pain on members of your family. I want to do my best, so someday this family, which is blessed with substantial resources, can get back together and on track,” Anderson said.The former coroner is said to be worthup to $40 million. In 1972, he paid a Ken tucky barber $57,000 for the rights to the Uno card game, which he later sold at phenomenal profit.Tezak served as Will County coroner from 1976 until 1987, and bought Joliet radio stations WJOL-AM and WLLI-FM for $4.4 million in 1987.In 1990, Tezak bought Shearson Racing, and later, one of his cars won the Indianapolis 500.Five co-defendants pleaded guilty in the arson cases and have agreed to testify against Tezak.
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