Patricia Capriotti, 51, has pleaded guilty to using a credit card she stole from an 87-year-old woman while working as an office manager for a home health care company in Bradley.
Capriotti — a former Kankakee County jury coordinator who was fired in 2004 for jury tampering — was sentenced to 30 months probation for unlawful use of a credit card in Kankakee County court earlier this month.
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A jury took only 23 minutes before finding Kimberly Nowlan-McCue guilty of stabbing and killing her onetime friend, Elizabeth Jamison, on New Year's Day.
She faces up to 60 years in prison.
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George "Homer" Ryan Jr., son of former Gov. George Ryan, was found guilty Wednesday of drunk driving following his November 2012 arrest in Bradley.
Police found Ryan, 49, sleeping in his vehicle late one night in the parking lot of a White Castle restaurant. The engine was running and the truck was parked across several spots. Ryan failed a field sobriety test and declined chemical testing.
At several points throughout his arrest, Ryan is described as being "angry or in despair."
He will be sentenced Nov. 7 and faces up to a year in jail, a $2,500 fine and a one-year suspension of his license. But Ryan, who has no criminal record, can also receive court supervision, which would give him a chance to avoid a DUI conviction.
In her bench trial ruling, Kankakee County Circuit Court Judge Susan Tungate acknowledged that other courts have asked that drunk drivers who voluntary pull over in attempt to sleep off their intoxication should be given special consideration.
