Bradley Yohn
QUINCY — A court-appointed attorney for Bradley Yohn, who received a 130-year sentence in the Illinois Department of Corrections 11 months ago, has filed a motion claiming ineffective assistance of post-trial counsel and another motion asking for a new trial. A six-page motion filed Aug. 9 in Adams County Circuit Court by Mark Wykoff of…
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QUINCY — Judge Roger Thomson called Bradley Yohn “the most reprehensible person ever before me” during his career in law before sentencing him on Monday afternoon to 130 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. A 10-man, two-woman jury determined on July 17 that Yohn was guilty of the crimes he committed on Nov. 9,…
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QUINCY — Judge Roger Thomson sentenced Bradley Yohn on Monday afternoon to 130 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for crimes he committed on Nov. 9, 2021, at the home of Christine “Tina” Lohman Schmitt. Yohn was sentenced for 30 years for home invasion, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated vehicular hijacking. He was sentenced to…
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The Adams County State’s Attorney’s office deservedly received local and national accolades for its swift prosecution and ability to get a conviction following Becky Bliefnick’s murder at the hands of her estranged husband, Tim. That case, as heart and gut-wrenching as it was to the community, certainly put State’s Attorney Gary Farha and his team…
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QUINCY — Bradley Yohn is no longer in Adams County. He was taken to Graham Correctional Center, a medium security adult male correctional facility two miles southeast of Hillsboro on Route 185, on Tuesday morning — less than 24 hours after an Adams County jury found him guilty in his criminal sexual assault trial. “Thank…
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Ashley Conrad, Brittany Boll and David Adam talk about the end of the Bradley Yohn case and how a new standard has been set for court coverage.
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QUINCY — The first order of business after arriving at Chicks on the River Monday afternoon was to raise a glass to Mom. Nineteen months after Christine “Tina” Lohman Schmitt, was heinously attacked in her home on Nov. 9, 2021, her four adult children gathered to celebrate the end of the nightmare and a chance…
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QUINCY — Bradley Yohn was determined to convince an Adams County jury he was not the man who sexually assaulted Christina “Tina” Lohman Schmitt and invaded her home on Nov. 9, 2021. He started his closing statement by telling the jury he would call the person who actually committed those crimes of a “piece of…
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QUINCY — Josh Jones and Laura Keck were getting a little nervous. Testimony was complete and closing arguments had been delivered in the Bradley Yohn criminal sexual assault case Monday morning in Adams County Circuit Court. The two assistant state’s attorneys were awaiting the jury’s verdict while relaxing in the basement of the courthouse in…
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QUINCY — An Adams County jury took 2 hours and 45 minutes to find Bradley Yohn guilty of all six felony counts at a trial that lasted a week. Yohn was charged with home invasion, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking and aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon — all Class X felonies — that…
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QUINCY — An Adams County jury began deliberation Monday afternoon in the Bradley Yohn criminal sexual assault trial. The 10-man, two-woman jury has been charged with determining the guilt or innocence of Yohn, 36. He is facing charges of home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated on criminal sexual assault, aggravated vehicular hijacking,…
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QUINCY — The criminal sexual assault trial of Bradley Yohn had strange twists and turns last week, but no one can predict what is coming Monday when Yohn continues his defense in Adams County Circuit Court. Monday will be the sixth day of Yohn’s trial before a 10-man, two-woman jury. Yohn, 36, is charged with…
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QUINCY — Bradley Yohn spent several minutes during his defense in his criminal sexual assault trial on Friday attempting to show proof that Tim Schmitt did not make a 911 call on Nov. 9, 2021 — the night his wife was allegedly assaulted by Yohn and an accomplice. Later in the day, however, Yohn introduced…
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QUINCY — Experts in shoe impressions, DNA testing and fingerprints from the Illinois State Police helped the prosecution wrap up its case Thursday morning during the Bradley Yohn criminal sexual assault trial in Adams County Circuit Court. Yohn began his own defense on Thursday afternoon by mostly rehashing testimony already presented by the prosecution. Yohn,…
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The Bradley Yohn trial continues and we have Thursday morning’s testimony
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QUINCY — Throughout the testimony given during the Bradley Yohn sexual assault trial on Wednesday, the defendant dropped hints of his own defense strategy to come. Yohn, 36, is charged with home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated on criminal sexual assault, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon and…
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QUINCY — Assistant State’s Attorneys Josh Jones and Laura Keck showed video, photos, evidence and science discovered in its prosecution of the Bradley Yohn sexual assault trial as they laid the foundation of their case Wednesday in Adams County Circuit Court. Yohn, 36, is charged with home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated…
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QUINCY — When Tim Schmitt came home on the night of Nov. 9, 2021, he entered the home through a door in the garage that he noticed had been kicked in. When he went inside, he found his wife sitting on the floor crying. She said to him, “They raped me.” Schmitt, the husband of…
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QUINCY — When Tina Lohman Schmitt’s car had mechanical problems on Koch’s Lane on the night of Nov. 9, 2021, she noticed a car approaching. “How do you think she felt? Was she relieved? Did she think she was going to get help?” Assistant State’s Attorney Laura Keck asked during her 11-minute opening statement Tuesday…
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QUINCY — Bradley Yohn is charged with home invasion, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking and aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon — all Class X felonies. He allegedly committed the crimes on Nov. 9, 2021, at the home of Christine “Tina” Lohman Schmitt. Yohn could be sentenced to serve between six and 30 years in…
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'This is the Tina Lohman show': Family anxious for justice as Yohn sexual assault trial gets started
QUINCY — The children of Christine “Tina” Lohman Schmitt are finally ready to see the man charged with sexually assaulting their mother go to trial. “We are glad this day is here, because this is not the Bradley Yohn show,” said Heidi Young, the oldest of Schmitt’s four children. “This is the Tina Lohman show.…
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