Tony Gordon
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Former Antioch teacher admits to child porn chargesApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - A former teacher at Antioch Grade School pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography Wednesday in Lake County Circuit Court. Kenneth Lee Johnson, 60, faces to four...
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Blue mop information at the center of Rivera caseApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - A photograph of a mop with a blue handle and a rag lying on top of it is of key interest to both sides of the Juan Rivera murder case. Prosecutors say it provides corrob...
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Woman charged with filing fake Lake Co. voter registration cardsApr 20, 2009 11:00 pm - A Chicago woman filed at least 10 fake voter registration cards in Lake County before last fall's election, prosecutors said Monday. Jeannette Sims, 46, of the 700 block...
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Detective: Rivera not entirely truthful at firstApr 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Lawyers for Juan Rivera on Monday attacked the two confessions police say Rivera gave them in which he admitted he had raped and killed Holly Staker. Rivera, 36, is on t...
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Former inmate says Rivera pointed to himself as the killerApr 17, 2009 11:00 pm - A man who was in the Lake County Jail with Juan Rivera testified Friday that Rivera hinted that he murdered 11-year-old Holly Staker. However, Edward Martin said he did ...
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Jury selection part art, part scienceApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Selecting people to sit on a jury is one of the most daunting tasks lawyers have to face. Part art, part science and part guesswork, the process allows a scant few minut...
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Rivera changed stories quickly, officer saysApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Right after he was accused of killing 11-year-old Holly Staker, Juan Rivera changed his story about what he was doing on Aug. 17, 1992 in "a couple of minutes," a police...
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Multiple changes in story led officials to accuse RiveraApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Juan Rivera was having nothing but trouble explaining what he was doing on Aug. 17, 1992, witnesses testified Thursday. Rivera, 36, is on trial in Lake County circuit co...
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Staker trial begins with grim detailsApr 15, 2009 11:00 pm - A 5-year-old boy will get bored, even in the midst of chaos. So on Aug. 17, 1992, as the adults around him were panicking over the unexplained disappearance of 11-year-o...
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Third trial in Staker murder case to start WednesdayApr 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Opening statements are expected Wednesday in the first-degree murder trial of Juan Rivera. Rivera, 36, is accused of the Aug. 17, 1992, murder of 11-year-old Holly Stake...