Friday, January 20, 2012

Where does Pyle live?

What's wrong with this picture? I wanted a picture this morning of 2722 Haydn Lane, Woodstock.

The house on the left is at 2730 Haydn Street, Woodstock. The house on the right is at 2720 Haydn Street, Woodstock.

Where's the picture of 2722 Haydn Lane?

First of all, there is no Haydn Lane. Assuming the person who gave that address as his own address, it's slightly possible that he might not distinguish between a Lane and a Street. But there is no house between 2720 and 2730 Haydn Street. What's the importance of this?

When you post a Bail Bond at the McHenry County Jail, I presume the defendant wanting to leave custody must provide his true address. Is that too little to ask or to expect? In fact, is it required?

How do corrections officers about to release a person from custody verify his address? Do they look at any document, such as a driver's license or vehicle title or other official identification? Or do they just take his word for whatever to write down on the form? And who writes the information on the form? Presumably, a corrections officer or a deputy sheriff or other law enforcement officer records the information on the form, after asking questions of the person in custody. Then the defendant signs the form.

What's significant about "2722 Haydn Lane", aside from the fact that there is no such address? This was the address listed by Gregory M. Pyle as his "Address." Is it?

A warrant for Pyle's arrest was issued by McHenry County Circuit Court Associate Judge Mark R. Gerhardt. (Judge Gerhardt missed his calling. His illegible signature might have also qualified him to be a doctor or a deputy sheriff.) A pet peeve of mine is illegible signatures, especially by police officers, deputy sheriffs and, now, judges.

When was the warrant issued? Until today I was under the assumption that the warrant had been issued on Friday, January 6. Police started looking for Pyle, and he turned him in on Saturday evening, January 7 and was released on Sunday, January 8, just after midnight.

BUT the Warrant of Arrest for Pyle, as on file in the McHenry County Circuit Court's office, Criminal Division, is dated "this 7th day of January 2012."

On the Bail Bond form, dated January 8, 2012, Pyle listed his "Address" as 2722 Haydn Ln., Woodstock. Why did Pyle list that non-existent address on his Bail Bond form? If police wanted to pick him up for further questioning or should a bond violation occur, will they have mud on their faces, when they try to find him?

Will they be standing in front of 2720 or 2730 Haydn Street, scratching their heads? Worse, will they show up with MARV and the SWAT team in combat gear with automatic weapons and surround these two houses with weapons drawn and cocked? And scare the living daylights out of the residents?

Or even worse, will they push in the glass on a front door, "assist" the residents down to the floor with "arm bars", and toss the house? And then find out they are in the wrong house?

On January 11 the Northwest Herald reported that Pyle's house on Autumncrest Drive in Crystal Lake was searched and certain possessions were removed. Didn't the police know that Pyle lived at 2722 Haydn Lane in Woodstock? What were they doing on Autumncrest Drive in Crystal Lake?

Is a crime committed when a defendant lists the wrong address on his Bail Bond form?

It may not be crime to provide untrue information on the Bail Bond form, because the form does not seem to contain any language that the information is truthful or accurate.

2 comments:

yagottabekidding said...

a good read...as fiction. As far as scaring the living daylights out of the residences I don't think buildings can be scared. Who rights this stuff?

Gus said...

Error noted and corrected. Thanks, tired. I told that writer it was residentz or residenz or residences' or residentces or something like that. Good thing we rely on our readers to be our proofreaders.

I may have to raise the wages of the writer on this blog. Or maybe the Board will have to hold a hearing and consider a suspension or a termination. Probably not.

The more serious the mistakes are, the faster a person earns a promotion - in some places in the County. Are those "best practices" that this blog ought to follow?