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Man pleads guilty to fondling boy Ex-Woodstock substance abuse counselor’s sentence includes probation, offender registry By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – A former substance abuse counselor will spend the next four months in the McHenry County Jail and three years on probation after admitting to fondling a young boy. Taylor L. Blaul, 30, pleaded guilty Monday to charges he molested the boy, who was 11 years old at the time and known to Blaul. He was arrested in July 2014, shortly after he was seen kissing the young boy at the Woodstock
city pool, Assistant State’s Attorney Sharyl Eisenstein said. The boy told investigators that Blaul had fondled him on a number of occasions. Authorities said the abuse started in September 2013, and aside from the pool incident, all happened at Blaul’s Woodstock home. Taylor L. Blaul Blaul was eligible for up to seven years in prison. Three additional charges were dropped in exchange
for his guilty plea. Blaul must register for life as a sex offender. He also will undergo sex offender counseling, pay a $1,200 fine, and pay $1,365 in restitution to the Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund. Blaul must have no contact with the victim or the victim’s family. The agreement was accepted by McHenry County Judge Gordon Graham. In a victim impact statement read to the judge by Eisenstein, the boy said Blaul played video games with him, taught him about sports and took him to football games.
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“I was scared to tell my parents and afraid Taylor would ignore me,” the boy wrote. “... I thought of him as a friend. Now I know he’s one of the people we were told to avoid.” Blaul formerly worked as a clinical director at Direct Counseling, a well-established family firm that does the majority of the substance abuse evaluations in the county. Blaul was fired after his arrest. He had been free on bond and was immediately remanded to custody Monday. Blaul was represented by defense attorney Mark Facchini.
Official pours cold water on charity sale of lemonade County says inspector had questions but stand not closed By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com McHENRY – A group of McHenry County girls had some of the joy squeezed from their charity lemonade stand Saturday. A health inspector from the McHenry County Department of Health shut down the Lemonade Brigade’s stand for about 20 minutes, citing concerns about the lack of a canopy and hand-washing station, parent Chrissy Christiansen said. “The kids looked so scared,” Christiansen said. “They thought we were breaking laws.” However, health department officials asserted that an inspector never closed the stand. Rather, spokeswoman Debra Quackenbush said a new inspector had questions about whether stands run by children required permits. The girls, who have raised more than $30,000 by offering cups of lemonade for $1, were selling four flavors of lemonade in McHenry’s Veterans Memorial Park. The weekend’s stand will benefit Lakemoor resident Savanna Suberla, a 17-year-old with a
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Lemonade Brigade members Aubrey Hennig (left), 12, of McHenry and Sammi Parrish, 13, of Woodstock wait for customers while hosting the Worldwide Lemonade Stand on Friday at Veterans Memorial Park in McHenry. Members of the group working the stand said a county health inspector briefly shut down the stand Saturday, citing concerns about the lack of a canopy and hand-washing station. The inspector later reversed her earlier decision.
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