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Ed Zimel is not eligible to serve as an Algonquin Township trustee due to an almost 33-year-old felony intimidation conviction in Cook Couny, McHenry County Judge Joel Berg ruled Monday.
Campton Hills trustee-elect Timothy Morgan has reversed course and taken his oath of office with plans of being seated on the village board next week, despite a 2002 felony DUI conviction in Michigan, he said.
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Jewell Thompson was sworn in as a University Park trustee Friday by the Will County clerk in an apparent snub to a village clerk who asked Thompson to consent to a criminal background check before taking the oath of office.
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The 3rd District Appellate Court sided against Joliet Township trustee Karl Ferrell's appeal of a Will County judge's ruling that he is not qualified to hold township office because of his felony convictions.
A past felony conviction precludes Algonquin Township Trustee Ed Zimel from holding his elected position, the McHenry County State's Attorney's Office wrote in a court filing that seeks to have Zimel removed from office.