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Man found guilty on sex charges Will be sentenced Aug. 22 for raping daughter of former girlfriend By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Thomas G. Reed sat stoically in a McHenry County courtroom, but tears began falling immediately from the victim as the judge read a jury’s guilty verdict on all three sex charges against the man who fondled and raped her. It took jurors a little more than two hours Wednesday to return a guilty verdict on criminal sexual abuse and
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predatory criminal sexual assault charges against Reed. Outside the courtroom, the victim, whom the Northwest Herald will not name to protect her identity, had little to say except that she “was happy it’s over.” She hugged her family and other supporters in long embraces before being led away by prosecutors. It took the woman more than 10 years to tell police the full truth about what happened to her from 1999 and
2002, when she was between 9 and 12 years old, at the hands of her mother’s on-again, offagain boyfriend. Reed could be sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison, but because the crimes occurred under decade-old sentencing laws, the defense could ask for less time. A sentencing hearing is set for Aug. 22. The victim, now 23 years old, came forward in 2002 and 2006 with similar allegations against Reed, but didn’t tell
police the full extent of the abuse, she said, because she was scared and the family was financially dependent on him. Further testimony revealed her mother may have convinced her to back away from incriminating statements against Reed. No criminal charges ever were pursued. “Allegations like this are very difficult to make,” Assistant State’s Attorney Kate Lenhard said after the verdict was read. “There’s a lot
of shame, fear, embarrassment. It’s not abnormal that it would take so long for it to come out.” In closing arguments earlier in the day, Reed’s defense attorney pointed out that the victim lied to police in the past. “The state wants you to believe that she lied and you can’t use it against her. You absolutely can,” defense attorney Brian Erwin said.
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Thomas G. Reed was found guilty of sexually assaulting a young girl more than 10 years ago.
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ANNUAL VETERANS PICNIC ‘SHOWS US THAT PEOPLE CARE’
Warrants needed to search cellphones By MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press WASHINGTON – In an emphatic defense of privacy in the digital age, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police generally may not search the cellphones of people they arrest without first getting search warrants. Cellphones are unlike anything else police may find on Inside someone they n Justices arrest, Chief Justice John rule for broadcasters Roberts wrote for the court. in fight with They are “not Aereo. PAGE just another B6 technological convenience,” he said, but ubiquitous, increasingly powerful computers that contain vast quantities of personal, sensitive information. “With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans the privacies of life,” Roberts declared. So the message to police about what they should do before rummaging through a cellphone’s contents following an arrest is simple: “Get a warrant.” The chief justice acknowledged that barring searches would affect law enforcement, but he said: “Privacy comes at a cost.” By ruling as it did, the court chose not to extend earlier decisions from the 1970s – when cellphone technology was not yet available – that allow police to empty a
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Army veterans Brian Doney (left) of Mount Prospect and Gary Kirchen of Addison talk Wednesday while enjoying the Cary-Grove AMVETS Pearl Harbor Memorial Post 245’s annual picnic at Lions Park in Fox River Grove.
HOSPITALIZED N VETS GET DAY OUTDOORS
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early 40 years after serving in the Navy during the Vietnam War era, Roderick Newby is still learning to fully enjoy life. Days like Wednesday make it easy.
Annual picnic brings those who served together for activities
The Chicago man was one of roughly 400 hospitalized veterans to attend an annual picnic in Fox River Grove on Wednesday afternoon. Hosted for the past 27 years by the Cary-Grove AMVETS, the event invited vets to Lions Park for a cookout, games and other outdoor activities. Newby, who receives outpatient care from the Drug Dependency Treatment Center at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago, finished serving as a hospital corpsman in the 1970s. After initially finding a good
post office job, he later developed a drug problem. He’s been part of the addiction program for 10 years. “I’ve learned to really appreciate life and enjoy it,” said Newby, who added he is now clean and sober. “This is a good day – one of the best.” Looking forward to later taking a boat ride down Fox River, he said attending such an event reminds him his time serving is well appreciated. “It gave us something to look forward to,” Newby said, finishing
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