| Local man charged with harassing Judge Wharton, state police
A 41-year-old Belleville pathologist has been charged with making harassing telephone calls to St. Clair County Circuit Judge Milton Wharton and to Illinois State Police. Richard A. Kaminsky, of 120 Chevy Chase Drive in Belleville, was charged Thursday in St. Clair County with one count of telephone harassment and on Friday in Madison County with another count. He was being held Friday night in the St. Clair County Jail with bail set at $30,000. His bail in Madison County has been set at $200,000. Kaminsky is accused of making harassing calls Sunday to both Wharton and to the state police headquarters in Collinsville, Master Sgt. Jim Morrissey said. Kaminsky, whose license is suspended in Illinois, pleaded guilty in June 2003 to three counts of telephone harassment, two counts of violating an order of protection and one count of obstructing justice.
New: Ex-IDOC official indicted on sexual misconduct
A Kane County grand jury has indicted a former Illinois Department of Corrections official after authorities alleged he had sexual relationships with three female prison inmates. Jeffrey M. Rush, 41, of the 700 block of Brookfield Court in Lake Zurich, was arrested Friday after being indicted Tuesday by a Kane County grand jury on 47 counts of official misconduct, according to a release from the Kane County State�s Attorney�s Office. Rush surrendered Friday to the Kane County Sheriff's Office and was ordered held on the $500,000 bail set by a judge after the indictments were unsealed, the release stated. His initial court appearance was set for 8 a.m. Saturday. At the time of each alleged incident, Rush worked as chief of security at the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center, 1329 N.
Sex offender charged after working in school kitchens
ST. CHARLES – Batavia school officials continue to probe why a sex offender was allowed to work in their school kitchens.Gary L. Gasper Jr., 41, of Elgin, remained in jail Tuesday evening with bail set at $50,000, facing charges that he worked in two Batavia schools as a food-service provider despite his sex-offender status.Gasper served prison time in Wisconsin for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in 1989, according to court records.Batavia police arrested Gasper on Monday after learning that he was at the Rotolo Middle School kitchen that day, as well as Nov. 5 and Nov. 6. Gasper also was working in the Batavia High School kitchen Monday, Detective Eric Mathewson said.State law requires that all sex offenders must not be within 500 feet of a school or other places where children dwell.Gasper was working for Sodexho, a Maryland-based food-service provider.The district has a contract with the company, which began July 1, Superintendent Jack Barshinger said.Now the school is investigating exactly where Gasper was while he worked and whether he had any contact with students."We believe at this time the probability is low that he was ever alone with the kids," Barshinger said.School officials also are looking into whether Sodexho ran a background check on Gasper, which is required of all the district’s subcontractors, Barshinger said."You don’t work in our district until your criminal background has been [searched], and that goes if you are a district employee, or if you are a subcontractor," he said.A Sodexho spokeswoman did not return phone calls Tuesday.Barshinger also sent a letter to parents explaining the situation.Mathewson said police did not believe that Gasper had contact with students or was working the job to target them."He helped prepare food in the kitchen," he said.Gasper also was convicted of failing to register on the Illinois sex-offender registry in 2005, according to court records.
Rush's son indicted on allegations of sex with inmates
CHICAGO (AP) - The son of U.S. Representative Bobby Rush has been indicted on charges of official misconduct in his position at the Illinois Department of Corrections. Officials allege 41-year-old Jeffrey Rush had sexual and inappropriate contact with three female inmates at the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center in Aurora. Rush was an assistant supervisor of security. According to the allegations, Rush met two female inmates for on numerous occasions and offered a third inmate a ride. Rush was fired on September Tenth after an internal investigation. He faces 47 counts of official misconduct. A spokesman for Bobby Rush didn't have an immediate comment today. Bail for Jeffrey Rush has been set at $500,000.
LINKIN PARK, DONDA WEST IN NEWS NOTES
Music for Relief and United the United have teamed to raise funds to assist in the recovery and reforesting of areas devastated by the Southern California wildfires. The groups have launched an eBay auction, which includes autographed items from Linkin Park, Madonna, Green Day, the Eagles, Avenged Sevenfold, and others. The auction, at www.ebay.com/CAwildfires, runs through Thursday (November 15)�
Donda West, the mother of rapper Kanye West, died Saturday night (November 10), in Los Angeles, California. She was 58. West, the former chairwoman of Chicago State University's English department was often seen by her son's side at parties and awards shows. In May, West published Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Star�
Microsoft has unveiled a new series of Zune players, redesigned Zune software, and new online services including the Zune Marketplace and Zune Social.
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Joe Calomino says lawmakers are beginning to take notice of his Americans for Prosperity Foundation. The foundation hosted a legislative update town hall meeting Thursday night at the Quincy Public Library with state Rep. Jil Tracy, R-Mount Sterling. Calomino says the free-market foundation wants to get citizens involved, and advance the ideas of less government and economic freedom and opportunity. "Over the last year, we've made some noise in the echo chambers of lawmakers," Calomino said. "A lot of them know who we are now." The meeting was attended by about 20 people and featured a short presentation by Calomino, the foundation's Illinois director, and a question-and-answer session with Tracy. Calomino says his group is nonpartisan and will take on Democrats and Republicans alike when it comes to free-market and financial issues.
Jailer accused of sex with inmates
The son of an Illinois congressman is accused of having sexual contact with two female inmates and inappropriate contact with a third while working for the state Department of Corrections, officials announced Friday. Jeffrey M. Rush, 41, the son of U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, was a supervisor of security at the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center in Aurora, a facility which houses female offenders. Between February and June, Rush met two inmates for sexual contact on numerous occasions and offered a third inmate a ride, according to the Kane County state's attorney's office. Rush drove a state-issued vehicle to transport one of the women and authorized more release time for another inmate so the two could meet outside the correctional facility, according to the indictment.
3 charged in 2006 murder of Elgin man
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