LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - In October we received numerous files from the LaSalle Police Department related to their violation of the Freedom of Information Act as determined by the AG PAC office. We wrote about that determination in this article. Of special interest is the position of the Police...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - More than two years ago I filed a request for review for what we knew were certain violations of our Freedom of Information Act by LaSalle Police Chief Uranich. "For the reasons discussed below, this office concludes that the LaSalle Police Department ( Department)...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - An amended complaint has been filed in the Class Action Racketeering case against 22 defendants tied to the now-indicted former LaSalle County State's Attorney Brian Towne. You can view numerous articles we have written on Towne and his self-dealings at this link. Towne is...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - LaSalle Police Officer James Strand is no longer a Police Officer for the City of LaSalle. He tendered his resignation letter on July 10th, 2017. In October of last year, we ran the No Sex, only Kissing story that related to Officer Strand...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - For years we have been amazed at the lack of action by State's Attorneys when it comes to taking on public corruption or malfeasance by public officials. All indications are the tide has changed in LaSalle County. Karen Donnelly won the voter's support...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd - In coordination with a LaSalle Co. Watchdog) - As of April 4th, last Tuesday, the City of LaSalle informed members of their police department that their K-9 Division was going to be terminated immediately. In an article posted online by the Newstribune it cites...
LaSalle C0. (ECWd) - We first reported on the lack of a paper trail regarding the investigation of an alleged solicitation of prostitution by LaSalle Officer Strand in this article. All indications pointed to a cover-up. We then followed it up with this article that...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - In the practice of law, judicial estoppel is an estoppel that precludes a party from taking a position in a case that is contrary to a position it has taken in earlier legal proceedings. It would appear that Towne has in...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - In what is now looking more and more like a cover-up, just as we eluded to in this article, we have new evidence that points to Chief Uranich violating his own policy. As we continue to dig deeper into this matter we...
La Salle, IL. (ECWd) - Tom Collins, reporter for the News Tribune, decided to take a swat at our facts by simply asking the La Salle Police Chief to clarify the issues raised in this previous article (here). First, he says we "got that much right" when...
