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Former County Commissioner Peraica tossed behind bars for being late for court
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Oct 04, 2011 04:45pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Sun-Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 4, 2011 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica was arrested and sent to the lockup in the Bridgeview courthouse Tuesday morning after showing up late for a hearing in his own misdemeanor case.
Judge Kerry M. Kennedy issued an arrest warrant for Peraica, who should have been in court at 9 a.m. for a scheduled hearing on his criminal damage to property charge.
And when the former Republican county board member walked into court more than 1-1/2 hours late, he was led to the lockup to await his attorney instead of taking his usual seat at the defense lawyers’ table.
“You of all people should know — 9 o’clock is 9 o’clock,” Kennedy yelled from the bench shortly before noon once Peraica’s attorney showed up. “You’re a defendant in this case. I can’t give you special treatment, I won’t give you special treatment.” |
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