Alleged gang member from north suburban Waukegan has been charged with the sexual abuse of a teenage girl.Angel Acosta, 21, of the 600 block of South Jackson Street in Waukegan, was charged late Wednesday with three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, according to police.Acosta allegedly abused a 15-year-old girl, but details were not available immediately.Acosta, an alleged Latin King gang member, is scheduled to appear for a bond hearing later Thursday in Cook County Criminal Court, 2600 S. California Ave., according to police.
William (Billy) Bowden pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007
William (Billy) Bowden, 33, pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007 and skipping out on his preliminary hearing about a year later. Other drug and weapons charges related to the 2007 incident were stayed as part of a plea bargain securing the two convictions. Bowden remains in custody though, charged with manslaughter in relation to the November 2007 killing of Jeff Engen, who was fatally stabbed at the Empire Cabaret, prompting the club to close. That charge remains before the courts. Bowden has been in custody since he was arrested Feb. 14 in Whistler, B.C., and returned to Manitoba. The Crown and defence jointly recommended that time be noted in his sentence for carrying the firearm. That crime occurred around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2007, as Bowden was leaving the NV lounge in a truck with friend Ken Houston, court heard. Police discovered a Glock 9mm handgun loaded with 18 bullets in a pile of garbage close to where the...
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