Cook County Judge Thomas Nowinski requested to be transferred to the court’s Third Municipal District in Rolling Meadows where he will hear misdemeanor and traffic cases starting Tuesday ...
Judge Thomas Nowinski on Oct. 9 denied a Cook County prosecutor’s petition to detain Constantin Beldie, 57, on accusations that he threw her to the ground and held her in his car, finding that ...
Mendoza is speaking out following the decision by Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans to move Judge Thomas Nowinski off cases involving domestic violence or orders of protection after anonymous ...
CHICAGO (WGN) — After two instances of domestic violence turned deadly under his watch in the past year, a local advocacy group is pushing for Cook County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Nowinski to ...
During the court proceedings that followed, prosecutors asked for Constantin Beldie to be held on pretrial detention, but the judge presiding over the case — Thomas Nowinski — denied the ...
This comes as the chief judge announced a review of cases handled by Judge Thomas Nowinski, after two of his cases resulted in tragedies. A child was murdered protecting his mom, allegedly by a ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A judge will be transferred out of the Domestic Violence Division of Cook County Circuit Court at his own request, following harsh criticism after the judge released a man who ...
Domestic violence victims advocates are pressuring the courts and state legislature to put more protections in place after what they say were preventable killings. Driving the news: Police believe ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Cook County domestic violence judge, already under fire for releasing a man who later allegedly killed his wife, has now been removed from cases involving domestic violence due ...
CHICAGO (CBS) --A woman police say was stabbed to death by her estranged husband in the Portage Park neighborhood on Tuesday had tried for months to get his abuse to stop. Advocates for domestic ...
Judge Thomas Nowinski on Oct. 9 denied a Cook County prosecutor’s petition to detain Constantin Beldie, 57, on accusations that he threw her to the ground and held her in his car, finding that ...