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• Man Charged with Murder in Harbor Drowning
  Chicago Tribune 9/5/07
  Police charged a 31-year-old Chicago man with first-degree murder today in the death of a fisherman who drowned in Montrose Harbor.
  A judge set bail at $1.5 million.
  John J. Haley, of Logan Square, admitted to pushing 62-year-old Du Doan into the water, police said. Doan, who could not swim, drowned.
  At 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, Haley was at Montrose Harbor with five others when he told his friends that he was going to push someone in the water, said prosecutor Maria McCarthy.
  His friends tried to hold him back, said McCarthy, but Haley broke free and pushed Doan into the harbor in what McCarthy called a random act of violence. Emergency medical personnel pronounced Doan dead after pulling him from the water.
  Later Haley was "laughing and bragging" about the incident, said McCarthy, citing statements from Haley's friends.
  Marc Gottreich, Haley's lawyer, said those statements were "self-serving at best." Haley had no intention of hurting Doan, said Gottreich, who stopped short of calling the incident an accident.
  "He turned himself in," said Gottreich.
  Haley first approached Channel 2 News, who escorted him to a police station after conducting an interview.
  This is the second time Haley has pushed someone into the waters of Lake Michigan this summer, prosecutors said.
• Girlfriend charged in fatal stabbing
  Chicago Tribune, April 18, 2008
  A 27-year-old mother of sic was charged with murder in the stabbing death of her boyfriend, but the attorney argued Thursday she was defending herself against an enraged man with a history of violence against women. Tahesia Jackson of the 1900 block of South Homan Avenue was charged late Wednesday with one count of first-degree murder in the death of Leon Brown, 30. Tim Grace, Jackson's attorney, said she was defending herself after Brown came to her apartment late at night and chased her into the kitchen. She grabbed a knife and warned Brown to get away from her, he said. When he didn't, she stabbed him, and he went to lie down on a bed, Grace said. 
• School Chief Flowers released on bond
  Southtown Star, January 15, 2009

  Regional schools chief Charles Flowers, charged with theft for allegedly misusing public money, was released from custody today after posting $100,000 bond. Flowers' bail was set by Cook County Judge Paula Dalel during a hearing at the Maywood courthouse. Flowers is good man who has spent his career caring for the children of Cook County, Flowers’ attorney Tim Grace said at a court hearing. The Cook County state’s attorney’s office arrested Flowers Thursday and charged him with felony theft, official misconduct and misapplication of funds. Grace said Flowers has repaid the cash advances and personal credit card purchases – including those for fine dining, a hair salon and trips to Mississippi for Flowers’ sons – all made on the regional office’s card. “The (office) has always been incredibly underfunded,” Grace said. “He has taken steps to get (it) back in the black.”

   

   

 

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