Lake in the Hills police sergeant's driver's license suspended in Illinois

A Lake in the Hills police sergeant who hit and killed a Lake Geneva woman with his car in December will have his driver's license suspended, the secretary of state's office confirmed Friday.

In February, a Wisconsin judge revoked the license of Sgt. Mark Mogan, who is also a Hebron trustee.

But the Illinois secretary of state's office wasn't aware of that until it was alerted by a media outlet, at which point it reached out to the Wisconsin department of motor vehicles for information about the accident, spokesman David Druker said.

Mogan's license will be suspended for a year, starting April 8, Druker said.

Druker said the penalty is set by statute because Mogan did not submit to a roadside blood-alcohol test.

Druker said that during the suspension, Mogan can apply to the secretary of state's office's administrative hearings department to get a restricted driving permit, which would allow him to drive to work and for other limited purposes when no other form of transportation is available.

Mogan's car struck pedestrian Samantha Norris, 29, who was crossing the road Dec. 27. Norris was taken to Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, and later flown to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, where she died Dec. 29, according to Lake Geneva police Lt. Edward Gritzner.

No criminal charges will be filed against Mogan, who had a blood alcohol content "well below" the legal threshold of .08 at the time of the crash, according to the district attorney in Walworth County, Wisconsin.

Mogan drank two beers hours before the accident on Edwards Boulevard, south of Highway 50 in Lake Geneva, prosecutors said.

Mogan, 49, refused roadside blood-alcohol and field sobriety tests and was taken to the Walworth County jail, where he refused to provide a blood sample. Police later obtained a search warrant for Mogan's blood and collected a sample at the police station.

In addition to revoking Mogan's license, the Wisconsin judge also ordered him to install an ignition interlock device during the suspension and undergo alcohol or substance abuse assessment.

Mogan, a 23-year veteran of the Lake in the Hills force, initially was placed on administrative leave and later assigned to desk duty pending the outcome of court proceedings. He resumed his duties as a patrol officer after the case was terminated, Lake in the Hills public information officer Amanda Schmitt said earlier this week.

Schmitt said that a change in his status in Illinois with regard to his driver's license would cause a re-evaluation.

Mogan also is challenging Hebron Village President John Jacobson for the seat on Tuesday. Jacobson is facing drug and gun charges from an arrest in March, according to media reports.

• Daily Herald Staff Writer Madhu Krishnamurthy contributed to this report