Judge wants reckless conduct trial of Robert Crimo Jr., father of accused Highland Park shooter, in October or November
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Robert E. Crimo Jr., center, and attorney Elanna Myerson, right, listen to attorney George Gomez during an appearance before Judge George D. Strickland at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan on June 16, 2023. Crimo Jr.
“I’m somewhat bound and determined that we’re gonna go to trial in October or early November,” Lake County Judge George Strickland said at a hearing for Robert Crimo Jr. “I’m gonna move you along, fair warning.”Crimo Jr. is charged with seven counts of reckless conduct for allowing his son to obtain a license to buy firearms.
Gomez had requested a December trial date, but the judge said he will be busy with a trial in McHenry County of two state workers charged with endangering the life of a child in the case of A.J. Freund, a 5-year-old boy who died of abuse in Crystal Lake in 2019.
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