Paper gets it wrong - why?

The lead sentence in yesterday's Northwest Herald about the Pavlin case read, "State police are investigating a case in which an older couple were charged with battering sheriff’s deputies who entered their home to arrest their son."

Whoa! Wait just one minute! That lead paragraph was written after the Pavlins walked out of the courtroom, fully freed by the State's Attorney's Office that never went forward with its case - or, should I say, never went further forward in its case that started in March 2008.

What information surfaced recently that would cause the State's Attorney's Office to do a 180 and not only step back, but step back with such force by making the statement to Judge Condon that they were dropping the case "With Prejudice" and then making a further, plain-English statement to the Pavlins that the State's Attorney's Office had no intent to file the charges again.

And, then after all that, why would the Northwest Herald lead off with a paragraph that would cause the general or less-informed reader to believe that this couple was still guilty of something?

Reporters write articles, but editors review and approve them. I'll let you draw your own conclusions about how such an opening slid through. If the Northwest Herald sues me, as it is suing another blogger in McHenry County, I might have to sell my Rolex to raise legal defense fees. I know it's a genuine Rolex because I was in the Loop one night and heard, "Pssst, buddy. Wanna buy a real Rolex? Only $5 tonight. Cash, no credit cards."

He accepted my cash, and I didn't even have to show two forms of identification.