Model home murder case yields 30 year sentence
Lee, a 21 year old Chicago man, was convicted of attempted murder and multiple related felonies for the 1987 beating of a Matteson real estate saleswoman. Associate Judge Will E. Gierach sentenced him to 30 years, despite defense claims of an unfair trial. Prosecutors sought extended term sentencing to 60 years citing aggravating factors. The motive centered on alleged proceeds from the victim’s purse, with police noting blood spatters at eye level and a vicious attack. The jury convicted after about an hour of deliberation.
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Pete Reynolds
Chicago
Will E. Gierach
David Ezell
Gierach
Flynt Lee
South Halsted St
Wedgewood Drive
Lee
Ezell
Matteson Plans Water Rate Hike and Infrastructure Moves
Matteson will raise water rates 37 percent on November 1, from $1.77 to $2.43 per 100 cubic feet. The Board approved 5-1, with Trustee Tindall opposing. The move follows Chicago’s higher rates and dwindling Water Investment Fund. the board also eyed police door lock replacement and road widenings on 207th Street tied to nearby developments.
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Mary Sue Penn
Matteson
Village Board of Trustees
Dubruiel
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Oak Lawn
Man pleads guilty in I-57 death from rock throwing
A 20 year old Steger man pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter arson and theft in the I-57 rock throwing death of Charles Layfield last November near Monee. He agreed to drop a murder charge and faces potential concurrent sentences pending judge decisions. The case mirrors a related conviction of another Steger man already found guilty.
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Ruth Thomas
Steger
Chicago
Monee
Kevin DeLorenzo
Charles Layfield
Stuenkel Road
DeLorenzo
Will County
Michael Orenic
Layfield
Jeff Baldacci
Balac
Baldacci
Matthew Taylor
Taylor
Library Board Seeks Village Support for Library Tax Referendum
The Matteson Library Board requests Village Board backing for the November referendum on a new library building. Leaders stress a vote on the project itself despite site disputes, with several trustees confirming support for a library but differing on location.
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Library Board
Mary Sue Penn
Matteson
School and
207Th Streets
Oakwood Park
205Th Street
Cicero Avenue
Robert Vance
John Sepulveda
The
Walking for Dollars at Sieden Prairie School
Sixth graders at Sieden Prairie School in Matteson walk for an hour around the soccer field to raise funds for Richard Hopman to rebuild a barn and restore horses at Hi Farm in Mokena after a lightning fire last month burned the barn and trapped 29 horses.
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Sieden Prairie School
Matteson
Richard Hopman
Mokena
Hopman
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Debra Gericke
Steven
Parks and
Matteson Communitytion Department
B.D
Tindall
Public Works Committee
Daniel Dubruiel
Water Investment Fund
Lincoln Terrace
Clyde Lana
Charleston Road
216Th Street
Lana
207Th Street
Crawford Avenue
Butterfield Place
Dubruie
Man
Dacci
Orenic
Leon DeRouin
DeRouin
Stephen White
Roosevelt Meeks
Ralph Lawson
Kankakee
Will County Crimestoppers
Brary Citizens Committee
Sepulveda
Richard J. Daley
Patricia Backus
Adis
Mike” Arnold
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