Crime & Safety

Blasts From the Past: Court Supervision

A couple notorious characters from the old days were back in the news this week.

By Joseph Hosey

It was pretty surprising when Bobby Tezak turned up in the news last week.

Tezak's been out of sight and out of mind for a pretty long time. But now the feds say they are going to put him back in prison for another four months since he hasn't paid his fines and restitution like he was supposed to. It feels like 1994 all over again.

So that was strange enough. And then just a couple days later the Nightcrawler's in court. That's right—Timothy Evans, back in Joliet, the scene of his nocturnal intrusions on so many women's homes more than 10 years ago.

Bobby Tezak and the Nightcrawler—in the same week. Now that's something. Let's take a look at what else was going on during this very special week:


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