COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- A jury found former Eldorado resident Brian K. Bowlby, 37, guilty on 18 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse Thursday evening following a two-day trial. He was found not-guilty of one count of predatory criminal sexual assault.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- The jury trial of a former Eldorado resident, Brian K. Bowlby, 37, is under way in Saline County. Bowlby is charged with 19 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, stemming from incidents that took place between 2001 and 2003.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- The Saline County Grand Jury indicted two men in separate high-profile cases Monday.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- A motion hearing was heard Friday in the case of Brian K. Bowlby, 37, who is charged with 20 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child under the age of 13 and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- After less than two hours of deliberation, a jury came back with a guilty verdict in the murder trial of James Burns Wednesday evening. Burns was found guilty of first degree murder in connection with the 2004 shooting death of Edwin Thomas Condon.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- The trial of James Burns, accused of first degree murder in connection with the 2004 death of Edwin Thomas Condon, continued Tuesday in Saline County and is expected to last most of the week.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- Jury selection began Monday morning in the trial of James Burns, who is charged with two counts of first degree murder in connection with the 2004 shooting death of Edwin Thomas Condon.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- A very brief pretrial hearing was heard in Saline County by Chief Judge Mark Clarke Friday afternoon. The last hearing, held Dec. 18, ended with Clarke pondering whether to allow certain evidence into the trial.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- The majority of Friday afternoon's pretrial hearing in the case of James Burns, accused of murder, was spent discussing security measures and logistics for the upcoming jury trial, set to begin Jan. 9.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- Charles Rayburn Ryan, 41, of Harrisburg, made his first appearance in court before Judge Walden Morris Wednesday morning. Ryan has been charged with two counts of first degree murder in connection with the Dec. 23 stabbing death of his stepfather, Carl L. Crouch, 59, of Harrisburg.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- Chief Judge Mark Clarke is pondering whether to allow other crimes to be used as evidence by the state against Raymond Moss in the case involving an incident that occurred in Sept. 2010. Moss is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault, two counts of domestic battery and two counts of unlawful restraint.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- At the motion hearing held Friday afternoon in the case of James Burns, who is on trial for murder in connection with the 2004 death of Thomas Condon, the defendant filed a pro se motion to dismiss all charges on the basis of “speedy trial” violations. Chief Judge Mark Clarke, however, denied Burns' motion.
HARRISBURG-- A lawsuit has been filed in Federal Court by Ronald E. Williams claiming he was a victim of racial discrimination while working as a security guard at the Saline County Sheriff's Department.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- Another hearing was heard Wednesday afternoon in the case of James R. Burns, on trial for murder in connection with the 2004 death of Thomas Condon.
HARRISBURG — A motion was heard Tuesday afternoon in the case of former funeral director John B. Jones, who was indicted on a grand jury accusation of misappropriating pre-need burial contracts in November 2010.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- It was an emotional scene at the sentencing of Arnulfo “Arnold” Fonseca Thursday afternoon at the Saline County Courthouse. Fonseca, who was convicted of aggravated DUI stemming from an incident that occurred in April 2008, was sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections with one year of supervised release and a $1,000 fine. The judgment was handed down by Judge Walden Morris.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- A pre-trial motion was heard Wednesday afternoon in the trial of James Burns, accused of murder in connection with the 2004 death of Thomas Condon.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE — Two people were sentenced in Saline County Circuit Court for methamphetamine-related charges, according to a prepared release by State's Attorney Michael J. Henshaw.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE-- A motion hearing was heard in the murder trial of James Burns Friday morning in Saline County.
HARRISBURG — The pre-trial situation is getting heated in the courtroom as the trial of Raymond Moss approaches.
