It's time to play Guess That Race!!!

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_034104219.html

I'll take S-words for $500, Alex

BY TONA KUNZ
Daily Herald Staff Writer
A Sugar Grove man accused of holding a homeless man hostage and slashing his face with a samurai sword, turned down a chance Thursday to avoid a trial.

Raymond M. Wilson, of 895 Merrill New Road, fired his Aurora attorney after the man brought him a plea bargain offered up by prosecutors.

Wilson, 47, faces a potential prison sentence of up to 30 years for charges of armed vio-lence, aggravated battery using a deadly weapon, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggra-vated battery causing great bodily harm.

Prosecutors declined to comment on the plea offer, saying only it was “reasonable” and didn’t require time in a mental institution.

After lengthy meetings be-tween the attorneys on the plea deal, Wilson told a Kane County judge he wanted a public defender because, as he said, “my attorney says this is over his head.”

Wilson is accused of trapping in his home for two days a homeless man that had done chores around his house. Ac-cording to court papers, the man told police that Wilson gave him cocaine and then told him he had to help him rob a bank and write the robbery note.

After the pair scouted banks in Elgin, they got in a dis-agreement in the closet of the master bed room and Wilson sliced his face with the samurai sword, the man said. Two days later, Wilson let the man go, he said, after telling him that his face was infected and would make him too recognizable to be of any use in the robbery.

Wilson is being held in the Kane County jail on $150,000 bond, but he plans to argue Monday to have that amount reduced. He said he has no savings, his home is in foreclo-sure and his 1993 Lexus has been impounded by Aurora police, likely connected to a recent charge of driving under the influence of drugs.

At his bond hearing, prose-cutors are expected to discuss his medical records and his criminal history. He served 28 months in prison for bank rob-bery in San Francisco and was released in 1999.

I think it's supposed to be "Misunderstood"

School to host drug forum:
Former Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Dr. Andrea Barthwell and DEA Special Agent Mark Warpness will be speaking at a special forum at the Geneva High School auditorium from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday. The public is invited to “Weeding Out the Myths on Marijuana — America’s Most Understood Drug” at 416 McKinley Ave. sponsored by the Geneva Coalition for Youth. Barthwell was principal adviser to ONDCP Director John Walters on policies aimed at reducing the demand for illicit drugs.

Yet I stand here alone

Woman gets court supervision for parking car on top of fiancé

By Charles Keeshan

Daily Herald Staff Writer

On June 11, 2004 an intoxicated Amber Sturman ran over her boyfriend while leaving a party.

On June 11, 2006 the couple plan to be married.

In between, Sturman, 20, of Crystal Lake, will be under court supervision for a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge stemming from the night she parked her car atop fiancé Andy McDermand.

Judge Sharon Prather handed down the court supervision sentence Thursday, saying only Sturman’s age and clean record prevented a more serious punishment.

"Drunk driving is just not tolerable," Prather said. "It destroys lives and it destroys families. I sincerely hope that you have learned a very difficult lesson."

The sentence includes a $1,500 fine and a ban on Sturman drinking alcohol for the next two years.

Prather issued her ruling after a court hearing in which a tearful Sturman apologized to McDermand and her family for her actions last June.

"I’m thankful Andy is alive today," she said.

Authorities say Sturman and McDermand are lucky that is the case.

Police reports indicate both had been drinking at a gathering of friends in Huntley when they began arguing over who was sober enough to drive home. Despite McDermand’s protests, Sturman insisted she should drive and got behind the wheel of her Chevrolet Cavalier, police said.

McDermand then laid down in the path of her car in a final attempt to stop her. But Sturman continued forward, driving the vehicle’s two front tires over McDermand, then stopping and leaving him trapped beneath the wheels.

After friends unsuccessfully tried to pull the vehicle off of McDermand, police had to be called to extricate him. McDermand was later treated for minor injuries.

Authorities say tests showed Sturman had a blood-alcohol level of .146 when she tried to drive away from the party. Anything above .08 is considered intoxicated.

Sturman also is fortunate her punishment was not more severe. At McDermand’s urging prosecutors in December agreed to dismiss a felony charge of aggravated driving under the influence against Sturman and allow her to plead guilty to a misdemeanor.

Don't take this wrong Ahmet, but you smell....delicious

This reads like an Onion article, but it's off drudge.

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/breaking2453405.0868055555.html