Playing CLUE helps - maybe

Every kid (and man) in McHenry County should have to read about this week's trial of Michael W. Rohn, 24. Rohn is accused of aggravated battery and attempted first-degree murder in an altercation that took place in Cary on Sunday, October 16, about 4:00AM.

Rohn and a friend hit the Cary McDonald's and were in line behind a Chevy Tahoe. According to the Northwest Herald's summary of yesterday's court proceedings, Rohn and the other driver pulled into parking places, so their passengers and they could eat what they had just purchased.

Somebody in the Tahoe flipped Rohn the bird. Then Jeremy Sojka, 21, got out of the Tahoe.

Supposedly, Rohn threatened to shoot him and then punched him. Then Rohn hit Sojka with his Jeep, backed up and ran over him. So one story goes.

Rohn's defense attorney said it didn't happen that way. He said Sojka and friends got out of the Tahoe and starting punching Rohn and his passenger. He also said Sojka's blood-alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit for driving.

When you view that 24-year-old's driving history (just McHenry County), you have to wonder why he even has a driver's license! His record goes back to August 5, 2003 (age 16). His record shows 39 traffic violations (not all on separate dates), including two prior DUIs, along with other charges.

The entire record can be viewed at http://www.mchenrycircuitclerk.org/
Click on "Case Information Search"
Click on "By Party Name"
Enter Michael W Rohn
Click on "Search"
Click on any Case Number link to view that case; then you can navigate among the pages on the Charges/Sentences link for more information.

Sojka, referred to as the "alleged victim" by the Northwest Herald, is no stranger to McHenry County Circuit Court records. He has 22 traffic violations in the record, including a DUI in August 2010, which case is still pending (next court date, July 11.

According to court records, a jury trial om Rohn's case will continue in Judge Prather's courtroom this morning at 9:01AM.