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A Cook County judge on Thursday voluntarily recused himself from a case, citing the “glare of publicity,” after an attorney filed a motion to replace him that alleged he made racist comments during a conference in chambers earlier this year. Attorney Matthew Fakhoury last week filed a motion to substitute Judge William Hooks from presiding over the case of a defendant charged with aggravated ...

CHICAGO — A Cook County judge on Thursday voluntarily recused himself from a case, citing the “glare of publicity,” after an attorney filed a motion to replace him that alleged he made racist comments during a conference in chambers earlier this year. Attorney Matthew Fakhoury last week filed a motion to substitute Judge William Hooks from presiding over the case of a defendant charged with ...

A Cook County judge is accused in a recently-filed motion of making racist comments to a defendant and his attorney during a conference in chambers earlier this year. Attorney Matthew Fakhoury on Friday filed a motion to substitute Judge William Hooks from presiding over the case of a defendant charged with aggravated domestic battery. The motion alleges that Hooks, who took the bench in 2008, ...

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Ex-Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno was granted bail Friday after spending about a week in Cook County Jail for picking up DUI and reckless driving charges in violation of his bond for a pending insurance fraud case.

Oct 20, 2017 On this block, it’s not just rats in the alleys that have residents up in arms. It’s rats—are you ready for it?—living in a tree. It is a regular run-of-the-mill tree but with some ugly exceptions. Carol Marin reports. Chicago Jul 21, 2017 Brian Strauss, the former landlord of the shuttered Double Door music venue, has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that Ald. Joe Moreno (1st) violated his civil rights by using threats and political int...

Former Ald. Proco ‘Joe’ Moreno reports to jail after violating bond in felony case with DUI By Sun-Times Media Wire 2019 mugshot of Ald. Proco Joe Moreno | Chicago Police CHICAGO - A judge Thursday ordered former 1st Ward Ald. Proco "Joe" Moreno to Cook County Jail for violating his bail in a pending felony case. Judge William Hooks revoked Moreno’s bond after prosecutors said the ex-alderman violated condition of his bond in an ongoing fraud case by picking up misdemeanor DUI char...

Former Ald. Proco ‘Joe Moreno Reports to Jail after Violating Bond in Felony Case with DUI Judge William Hooks revoked Moreno’s bond after prosecutors said the ex-alderman violated condition of his bond in an ongoing fraud case by picking up misdemeanor DUI charges last month. Published January 8, 2021 • Updated on January 8, 2021 at 8:06 am A judge Thursday ordered former 1st Ward Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno to Cook County Jail for violating his bail in a pending felony case...