Crime & Safety
In Courts: St. Charles Child-Battery and Babysitter Assault, Plus a Utah Bombing Case and (Ouch) a Botched Brazilian Wax
Here's what's coming up in courts this week.
The high-profile St. Charles cases of the battery against a child and an attack on a babysitter are back in Kane County courts this week. The potpourri of items in DuPage ranges from a bombing case to a rumbling father-son pair to a lawsuit regarding a botched Brazilian wax at a spa. (Ouch!)
KANE
St. Charles—James Cooper-Cathleen Koch aggravated battery to a child cases are back in court. Both have pleaded not guilty to charges related to serious injuries suffered by Koch's daughter in an October attack. Koch appears in court April 14.
St. Charles—Michael Listy, accused of sex assault of a babysitter in St. Charles in November, will ask a judge on April 15 to block prosecutors from getting his DNA. Listy is a convicted felon, but his previous conviction came before felons were required to submit DNA samples to state. Last week, a judge reduced his bail, although he remains in jail. The hearing is 11 a.m. in courtroom 311.
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DUPAGE
Darien—Triple-murder defendant returns to court April 14 for a status hearing. His last appearance revolved around his attorneys seeking broad access records of co-defendant Jacob Nodarse.
Downers Grove— (murder) returns to court on April 12 for a status hearing.
Elmhurst—The father-son duo make first formal court appearances April 11 on charges they got physical with cops at a bar. The case has stirred up controversy on police handling of the incident to the point their attorney made an online plea for information on Elmhurst Patch.
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Glen Ellyn— returns to court April 12 for status hearing in Rolling Meadows sex-assault case.
Hinsdale— scheduled (again) to be sentenced in Utah on April 13 on his bombing conviction.
Hinsdale—'s records dispute returns to court for an April 13 hearing. Her attorneys have re-filed their complaint—50-plus pages—after the judge was critical of its content last time. Hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. in courtroom 2009.
Naperville—is scheduled for a status hearing this week, which could serve as a time hook for update that includes the spa's response in case that states the woman's injuries were not the result of a Brazilian.
