Dynamite in Seipler case

The Northwest Herald is reporting tonight that "... a deputy testified Wednesday that he wouldn't be surprised if the sheriff 'had something to do' with the murder of a former deputy's brother."

This testimony was in reinstated Deputy Zane Seipler's federal civil rights lawsuit against McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren and other employees of the Sheriff's Department. Seipler's case is being held in U.S. District Court in Rockford.

The murder referred to was the fatal late-evening shooting of Kurt Milliman on May 28, 2011. Milliman was shot near Centegra Hospital - Woodstock, to which he was transported by ambulance and at which he died hours later, on May 29.

The "former deputy" is Scott Milliman, whose deposition in November 2010 included statements about serious alleged criminal activity by Sheriff Nygren. It is believed that that deposition triggered Scott Milliman's firing by Nygren. Milliman now has his own lawsuit against Nygren.

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