Kevin Bross
QUINCY — Circuit Judge Holly Henze maintained Thursday afternoon her decision to strike First Assistant State’s Attorney Todd Eyler’s motions for a substitution of judge in two high-profile cases in Adams County Circuit Court, asserting the motions were not timely filed. Eyler filed his motion to replace Henze on Thursday, Oct. 3, after Matthew Steinkamp,…
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QUINCY — Six days after Circuit Judge Holly Henze struck down his motion for a substitution of judge in two cases, First Assistant State’s Attorney Todd Eyler filed a motion Tuesday morning with the Adams County Circuit Clerk’s Office for Henze to reconsider her order, saying she “had not acted consistently in other cases.” Eyler…
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QUINCY — Bills of indictment were filed Thursday against two men lodged in the Adams County Jail, but the debate continues over how the Pretrial Fairness Act, also known as the Safe-T Act, is being interpreted in Adams County. The arraignments of Kareun Brewer, 21, of Springfield and Latwaon McCray, 42, of Quincy were delayed…
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QUINCY — The arraignments of a Springfield man and a Quincy man have been delayed because an Adams County public defender is questioning how the Pretrial Fairness Act, also known as the Safe-T Act, is being interpreted in Adams County. Kareun Brewer, 21, and Latwaon McCray, 42, appeared in Adams County Circuit Court on Tuesday…
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QUINCY — Two people will join the Adams County Public Defender’s Office in March as full-time assistant public defenders. Betsy Bier will begin in her position on March 4. She is a graduate of Ball State University, and she earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois College of Law. She previously practiced as…
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