Separate rock throwing trials sought in Layfield murder case
Three Steger teens Leon DeRouin Kevin DeLorenzo and Matthew Taylor face separate murder trial requests in the November 25 1988 killing of Chicago man Charles Layfield on I-57 after a large rock crashed through a truck windshield. The trial was postponed to July 6 as Judge M A Orenic weighs separate trials and pre trial motions. Layfield was killed when a concrete chunk was thrown from the Stuenkel Road overpass near Monee. The two other men were uninjured and initial manslaughter charges were upgraded to first degree murder. Bloom Trail High School officials called the defendants mainstream and not problematic. DeLorenzo and Taylor are Bloom Trail 1988 graduates. DeRouin remains a District 206 student.
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Will County
M.A. Orenic
Stephen White
Leon DeRouin
Kevin DeLorenzo
Matthew Taylor
Charles Layfield
Chicago
Layfield
Stuenkel Road
Monee
DeLorenzo and
Taylor
Bloom Trail High School
DeRouin
Aggravated battery charges after beating with board
Park Forest police charged Gerald Higgins and Eric Shenarult with aggravated battery for beating a Chicago Heights man with a two by four on May 9 outside a Forest Boulevard home. The victim Richie German, 22, was hospitalized with a severely broken jaw and later released after surgery. A May 25 court date is set in Markham.
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Park Forest
Gerald Higgins
Ash St
Eric Shenarult
Lowe Ave
Chicago Heights
Forest Boulevard
Richie German
Wentworth Ave
St. James Hospital
German
South Orchard Drive
Scoutacular at Centre Promises World Craft Display
Girl Scouts present their second Scoutacular at the Centre of Park Forest. The event runs Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with an international theme. Troops will show crafts and foods from around the world and perform dances and songs on the Centre stage.
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Forest Trail
Girl Scout Association
Park Forest
Crash injures two on Route 394 near Steger Road
A Crete woman and her 9-year-old daughter were injured when a 42,500 pound potato truck struck their stopped car on Illinois Route 394 just north of Steger Road. Dawn Cudak, 32, was in serious condition. Jennifer Botta, the girl, in fair condition. Both wore seat belts. the truck driver expressed remorse as investigators reviewed braking and distance.
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Pete Reynolds
Crete
Illinois
Steger Road
Christ Community Hospital
Oak Lawn
Dawn Cudak
Willowbrook Trail
Jennifer Botta
St. James Hospital
Chicago Heights
The
Star
Cudak
Sauk
District 4
Botta
Todd Panagop
Sauk Trail
Board to discuss principal transfer at Blackhawk School
School District 163 board members and Superintendent Donna Jemilo will meet with Blackhawk School parents and friends on May 25 at 8 pm. The PTO invited officials to answer questions about Principal William Stelter’s transfer to Algonquin School next year and Jacquelyn Davis will replace Stelter at Blackhawk. The meeting is open to all interested, with contact number 481-1786 for more information.
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School District 163
Donna Jemilo
Blackhawk School
William Stelter
Blackhawk
Algonquin
Jacquelyn Davis
Stelter
PTO
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