‘What he said was an obscenity-laced email’: Chicago man arrested for threatening Illinois state senator
STEPHENSON COUNTY, Ill. — A Chicago man is in jail after sending threatening emails to Illinois state senator Andrew Chesney back in September. “He disagreed with me on certain policies related to immigration, and I was very critical of Governor Pritzker and his approach in the city of Chicago,” said Chesney. The man is 59-year-old […]
CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — A Chicago city inspector accused of threatening Sen. Andrew Chesney (R-Freeport) has been denied pre-trial release. Joseph Haggerty faces two felony counts of threatening a state official. Haggerty appeared in court Monday afternoon and was denied release from the Stephenson County Jail ahead of his trial.…