Urbana apartment shooting leaves 1 injured

Early this morning a woman was shot in the shoulder at a north Urbana apartment complex. The 30-year-old woman was walking to the laundry room in her apartment complex around 2 a.m. when she noticed two men standing in the doorway, lingering. She returned a short while later for her laundry, and the men were...

Criminal Defense

April 11th, 2012

Hector Camacho turns himself in on child abuse charges

A man whose profession was centered on fighting other men will now be fighting child abuse charges that were filed against him at the end of 2011. The ex-boxer, Hector “Macho” Camacho, turned himself in to Florida authorities after he learned of a warrant that was circulating asking for his arrest. The charges, in relation...

Sex Crimes Defense

April 5th, 2012

Illinois man accused of sex crime

In Decatur, Illinois a 44-year-old man who works as a Sunday school teacher in a local church was charged with sexual assault of a minor. The man was accused of engaging in sexual acts with a 15-year-old girl inside the church. He allegedly also possesses photographs of the minor posing in the nude. The charges...

DUI Defense

March 23rd, 2012

Champaign man sentenced to 10 years in prison after DUI

A Champaign man has now been charged with a DUI after accident that left a child seriously injured. According to court officials, the accident occurred in 2011 and the man was charged with aggravated drunk driving as well as obstruction of justice for lying to police officials. After the collision, a 1-year-old boy was in...

Theft and Fraud

March 15th, 2012

Man admits to stealing $45,000 from church

A 54 year-old volunteer bookkeeper has admitted to stealing about $45,000 from a suburban Chicago church congregation. He pleaded guilty to theft charges earlier this week. The man says he used most of the money to pay for medical bills. He was charged last year when church officials noticed a significant amount of money was...

Assault and Battery Defense

March 2nd, 2012

Morgan Stanley executive charged with hate crime in cab driver stabbing

Morgan Stanley executive William Bryan Jennings is being charged with a hate crime for the assault and battery of a cab driver in New York City. In December, Jennings was driven by a cab driver of Middle Eastern descent to Connecticut. During the drive, the cab driver told police that the bank’s co-head of its...

Assault and Battery Defense

February 22nd, 2012

Officer shot by another agent in the California immigration and customs office

Ezequiel Garcia, a California Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, shot his superior, Kevin Kozak, six times during an argument at the Long Beach, CA immigration office. Kozak and Garcia were supposedly in a heated discussion in a counseling session about Garcia’s performance when he opened fire with a service weapon and shot Kozak six times....

Criminal Defense

February 17th, 2012

Funeral service for Whitney Houston on Saturday

Champaign criminal defense attorneys of Thomas A Bruno & Associates are deeply saddened to announce the funeral of Whitney Houston. Whitney Houston, 48, died on Saturday afternoon in her hotel suite of the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles shortly before she was supposed to attend a pre-Grammy Awards party hosted by her mentor, Clive Davis....

Criminal Defense

February 9th, 2012

Meth drug bust in Algonquin

On Tuesday, Feb 2, McHenry County Sheriff’s Police seized 700 grams, or $25,000 worth of methamphetamine at an Algonquin home. This was found to be unusual in the northwest part of Illinois, as the use methamphetamine is more common in the central and southern parts of the state. According to Illinois State Police Master Sergeant...

Criminal Defense

February 2nd, 2012

The most anticipated football game of the year…

Champaign criminal defense attorneys of Bruno Law Offices, P.A. are pleased to announce the 2012 Super Bowl on Sunday. This season’s Super Bowl will take place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis where the New England Patriots will play the New York Giants for the second time at the Super Bowl in four years. Both...

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