Patch Flash: 22-Year-Old Goes to Trial for Deadly Party Game Punch

Moments after the punch, Powell died. The 22-year-old who punched him, Tiffany Startz is on trial this week on charges of battery and reckless conduct. The man who arranged the party game, Jimmy Mounts, 27, of Romeoville, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and was sentenced to two years of conditional discharge, on Monday.

“I was yelling and crying and telling them to stop,” the girl testified Monday, referring to Pierre Washington-Steel and a second person Steel called his cousin. The “cousin,” according to prosecutors, is Demarco Whitley. His bench trial on five counts of sexual assault opened Monday, Oct. 3, before Cook County Judge Thomas Fecarotta. Whitley pleaded not guilty earlier this year. Steel died almost a week after the 2010 incident from injuries sustained in a DuPage County crash just hours after the assault.

. Jeff Braiman called the hearing after Buffalo Grove police charged a GQ Spa employee with prostitution in July. Similar charges were filed against two other GQ Spa employees in 2006 and 2010.

Lake County Judge Mitchell Hoffman ruled that since Hawthorn Woods began their forcible annexation process first in May, Lake Zurich must cease any actions on the land until that is resolved.    

Accidents at the intersection involving vehicles traveling east and west bound on Golf Road, the same traffic the cameras monitor, rose during the first year after installation. Deputy Police Chief Angela Burton said none of the eight accidents appeared to have been caused by the cameras. Red light cameras have been blamed for causing rear-end accidents when drivers suddenly brake when they see them.

deadline to comply with federal drain cover regulations.  About 85 percent had done so as of Sept. 30, but 500 municipal, park district, school and hotel facilities were still not up to code on Monday.

They are union carpenters. Some are out of work, collecting unemployment and donating their time during the week. Others have full-time jobs and are volunteering on weekends. Either way,