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LegalScholar

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Wed Apr 17, 2013, 01:35 PM Apr 2013

DuPage Forest Preserve IT Criminal Case -- 317 Felony Counts of Nothing in Particular

Nearly six months after filing 317 felony counts against two former Information Technology (IT) department employees of the DuPage Forest Preserve District and a former vendor, the DuPage County State's Attorney's office has yet to produce the bill of particulars -- the formal, detailed, written complaint of charges -- as required by law (725 ILCS 5/111-6).

Citizen watchdogs speculate that this delay involves the numerous political ties and lack of legitimacy of those behind the "secret internal investigation" initiated by the Forest Preserve -- a move which may have been prompted by a purchase order epiphany, as CountyLeaks questions today. Findings from this "investigation" were presented to the State's Attorney's office in November 2011. The bill of particulars would likely rely heavily on these findings.

The District's former director of its IT department, Mark McDonald, and the department manager, David Tepper, were each charged with 140 felony counts, while a third man, Arif Mahmood, who worked for Alamach Technology, Inc., an IT vendor for the District, was charged with 37 counts, in an alleged scheme stealing $150,000 from the Forest Preserve...

http://countyleaks.blogspot.com/2013/04/six-months-later-in-dupage-forest.html

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DuPage Forest Preserve IT Criminal Case -- 317 Felony Counts of Nothing in Particular (Original Post) LegalScholar Apr 2013 OP
Judge Gives State's Attorney 45 Days to Present Bill of Particulars LegalScholar May 2013 #1
Excelllent post...thank you... Stuart G May 2013 #2

LegalScholar

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1. Judge Gives State's Attorney 45 Days to Present Bill of Particulars
Tue May 14, 2013, 09:54 AM
May 2013

Nearly nine months after these guys were arrested and nearly seven months after they were indicted, the three men still haven't been given the bill of particulars -- the formal, written charges.

Yesterday, the judge gave the State's Attorney's office 45 days to do so.

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139693/print/

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