Grandparents seek visitation amid Illinois custody clash
In a case from Carmi and broader Illinois debate, Donna Sullivan and husband seek access to their grandchildren after a family split following a fatal crash. Lawmakers debate extending grandparents rights to visitation, with supporters arguing for welfare of the child and opponents warning of courtroom bottlenecks.
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Carmi
Shawn
Stacey
Jerrel
Rick
Golconda
Chicago
Sullivan
Sullivans
Matijevich
Winchester
Illinois State Bar Association
House
Aaron Jaffe
D-Skokie
Timothy V. Johnson
R-Urbana
Company accomplice gets 12 year sentence
Alton AP 12 year sentence given to Bryan O Neal Sullivan the man who allegedly bought airfields for a Marijuana smuggling ring called The Company U S District Judge William Beatty sentenced Sullivan who pleaded guilty to concurrent terms for racketeering continuing criminal enterprise conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute Before sentencing Sullivan said he had seen what marijuana has done to inmates in the jail The judge rejected a 10 year request saying 12 years aligns with sentences for other alleged members of The Company Also sentenced was Ivan L Battern Jr who pleaded guilty to racketeering and received 10 years He is the son in law of James Anderson Mitchell who earlier got 84 years Beatty will recommend Sullivan and Battern serve at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida
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Alton
Bryan O'Neal Sullivan
U.S
William Beatty
Sullivan
Beatty
Marvin J. Zylstra
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Ivan L. Battern Jr
Battern
James Anderson Mitchell
Mitchell
Elgin Air Force Base
Florida
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