Chicago DUI Lawyer Blog

A Chicago man was indicted on July 13 in connection with a Wilmette crash that resulted in the death of two Chicago teenagers. According to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, 20-year-old Szymon Zawadzki, pleaded not guilt on Monday on charges of aggravated DUI and reckless homicide. He is allegedly responsible for the crash in…

Thomas G. Ofenloch Jr., 26, of Aurora, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a DUI crash that killed two of his friends in 2007. The sentence stems from an Aug. 4, 2007 crash and claimed the lives of two former high school classmates of Ofenloch, Joshua Sutton and Andrew Berger. Ofenloch’s classmates were…

The driver in a fatal McHenry County DUI-related crash was arrested this month while breaking in cars in Crystal Lake, according to police. Urichait Herrera-Garcia, 23, was believed to have fled the county after the tragic October crash. He was indicted by a grand jury on six counts of aggravated DUI more than seven months…

Edward Cook, 25, of Aurora, was sentenced on Friday by a Kane County judge to 15 years in prison for the DUI-related crash that killed David Long, 57. Cook was convicted in the death of Long and his dog, who were out for an early morning walk in their Batavia neighborhood approximately one year ago.…

A Naperville man with six prior DUI arrests has been declared unfit for trial. George C. Ford, 37, “has been found unfit to stand trial right now, having been diagnosed with bipolar disorder,” said a spokesman for DuPage County State’s Attorney Joe Birkett. A psychologist recently made the finding and the presiding judge continued the…

A Lisle attorney was finally sentenced for a DUI-related accident that seriously injured a Wheaton teen in 2005. Timothy J. Winfield, 43, was ordered to serve 5 months in DuPage county jail, complete 150 hours of public service, continue counseling and wear a alcohol monitoring bracelet during his 30 month probation period. He will be…

A drag race on the Eisenhower Expressway ended in the death of one man and injury of two others after their vehicle flipped early Sunday morning. Maurice A. Horton, 28, was a front-seat passenger in a 2004 Chevrolet Impala, driven by his cousin, that State Police said crashed on the outbound Ike around 2:30 a.m.…

Manuel Garcia, 48, of Woodstock was sentenced to seven years in prison after his eighth drunk driving conviction and his fifth conviction for driving on a revoked license. Garcia’s history of drunk driving began in 1983 with incidents in Texas and Illinois. State Attorney Dave Johnston asked for a fifteen year prison sentence, stating that…

A Northwest side 20-year-old, Szymon Zawadzki, has been charged with two counts of reckless homicide, two counts of aggravated driving under the influence resulting in death, one count of aggravated DUI resulting in great bodily harm, one count of improper lane usage, one count of failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, and no…

Sandra Vasquez testified in front of a Kendall County jury on Monday regarding the fatal February 2007 crash in which she drove intoxicated teenagers home from a party in Oswego. Vasquez, of Aurora, is charged with aggravated DUI and multiple counts of reckless homicide. She claimed that she went to her aunt’s house to pick…