Monday, December 10, 2012
The trial of New Lenox man Joseph Messina concluded Monday afternoon.
Nearly six months after it started, the trial of a New Lenox man charged with punching a Joliet man into a coma drew to a close Monday afternoon. But the fate of Joseph Messina won't be known until Will County Judge Sarah Jones hands down her verdict Jan. 3. Messina, 24, waived his right to have a jury decide his guilt or innocence before the trial started in June. Messina allegedly punched 29-year-old Eric Bartels in the face outside the Mokena bar 191 South in July 2009. When Bartels fell, his head struck the the concrete and he suffered a fractured skull. A half-dozen witnesses, including two men working for a car service and a 191 South bouncer, testified to seeing Messina throw the fateful punch. But one of Messina's closest friends, …
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Floridian charged with injecting cement, mineral oil and tire sealant into a woman's buttocks was already out in front, but locked up the loony lead after Telemundo brawl.
The case of a Floridian charged with injecting cement, mineral oil and flat-tire sealant into a woman's buttocks while performing her own personal brand of unsanctioned plastic surgery was already way stranger than that of a Homewood woman who died after injecting hot beef fat in her face as a sort of do-it-yourself Botox. But if there was any doubt, Oneal Ron Morris removed it when her "medical assistant" appeared on a Telemundo talk show late last month. Gawker gave the details — and video — in a post titled "Crazed Butt Injector Brawls with Victims on Daytime TV." Gawker said Corey Eubanks, the "indicted medical assistant of crazed fix-a-flat butt injection doc Oneal Ron Morris," appeared on the show Cristina "and ended up brawling with…
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
A pair of Parkside Drive women landed in the county jail after an after and alcohol-fueled early morning dustup, according to the police.
The Shorewood cops collared a pair of local women after a drunken brawl at a neighbor's house early Tuesday, police said. Melissa Dew-Anderson, 31, of 1926 Parkside Drive and Tammy Mackowiak, 41, of 1920 Parkside Drive were both jailed in connection with the disturbance. Dew-Anderson was charged with resisting or obstructing police, disorderly conduct and violating the conditions of her bond, according to jail records. Will County court files did not show that Dew-Anderson has an active criminal case here for which she has posted bond. Mackowiak was locked up on a Will County warrant for failing to appear in court, said Shorewood Police Chief Robert Puleo. Court files showed no active cases in Will County for Mackowiak. Puleo said the two …
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