Chicago DUI Lawyer Blog

Julio Martinez may be awarded $325,000 after sustaining a beating by a Chicago Police officer while handcuffed to a metal bar in a holding room after falsely charged with DUI. Martinez, a hemophiliac, was treated for a possible skull fracture in March 2006 after being beaten by Officer John Haleas. Haleas was formerly known as…

William Reece, 49, of Carpentersville was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison for his ninth DUI conviction. According to Kane County officials, he was convicted after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated driving under the influence on March 7th. The DUI was charged as a Class X felony because it occurred after a…

Alex Reyes, 24, is charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI resulting in death after a fatal crash with a Chicago squad car Friday night. Reyes, of Joliet, was allegedly driving a car with three passengers when he crashed into a Chicago police vehicle around 11:30 p.m. in the Austin neighborhood. According the the Cook…

David Kreutz, 23, of Chicago is charged with DUI and a felony cannabis charge after an accident with a squad car on Tuesday night. Kreutz reportedly crashed into the officers’ vehicle after turning left in front of them on North Sheridan Road in Rogers Park around 7 p.m.. The two Chicago police officers were transported…

Dean A. Suominen, 37, of Shorewood avoided jail time after pleading guilty Tuesday in DuPage County to misdemeanor DUI and reckless driving after officials allege he was traveling at more than 140 mph at the time of the incident. Suominen was charged on January 10, 2012 after his Dodge Charger veered off the road, went…

Mark Ditka, 50, of Deerfield, pled guilty Wednesday to felony drunk driving and unlawful possession of a controlled substance at the Lake County Courthouse. Prosecutors allege that he was pulled over by police after he was observed weaving on Waukegan Road in Deerfield on October 7, 2012. The legendary coach’s son was sentenced to 24…

Delia Aguila, 27, of Humboldt Park was allegedly driving under the influence when she struck and killed two people changing a tire in the Parkview neighborhood. At approximately 10:45 p.m. on Saturday night, Aguila’s minivan reportedly swerved and struck William Brunson, 39, of Chicago and Victoria Means, 34, of Riverdale. According to the Cook County…

Jerzy Orczyk, 60, of Glenview is charged with aggravated DUI after allegedly crashing into two cars and seriously injuring another driver. According to the Cook County sheriff’s office, on January 6 around 3 p.m. Orczyk drove through a red light at the intersection of Greenwood Road and Central Road and struck another vehicle. He allegedly…

Glen Ray Higginbotham Jr., 34, of Yorkville was sentenced in Will County on Monday to 8 years in prison for two DUI arrests that occurred in 2010 and 2011 (4 years on each count). These arrests come after he served time in prison in 1999 for a drunken-driving crash that killed at 10-year-old girl in…

The police chief of Robbins, Illinois has been charged with driving under the influence for the second time. Johnny Holmes, 66, was stopped in Midlothian on Saturday night after police received a 911 call from a woman reporting that he nearly hit her car. According to police, they attempted to stop his vehicle about a…