Disgraced McHenry County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Greg Pyle had a date this morning with Judge Condon in Case No. 12CF000020, which was filed back in January. At least, that's what I thought I had read over the week-end in the Court calendar. Sure glad I didn't make a trip over to the court house today; it would have been wasted.
Court records now show that Judge Condon entered some type of Order on Thursday, September 6, on a Motion Add-on. Online records outside the courthouse, when you don't have a subscription to read court files, are limited.
In any event, now the next court date in McHenry County is November 15 at 9:00AM for a hearing on pending motions. Why doesn't Judge Condon just get rid of this case now and transfer it to a judge who will have the case after Judge Condon retires in December? Is Pyle's lawyer hoping for a favorable decision before Judge Condon heads out the door for the last time?
Although Pyle was released on bond from the McHenry County Jail on the January charges, he is sitting in jail in Boone County as a guest of Sheriff Duane Wirth on Federal charges. Pyle was indicted on those Federal charges last week. The Federal judge refused to set bail for Pyle.
I cannot find any mention in the Northwest Herald of Pyle's McHenry County Court activity last week, and the mention of the Federal case is rather skimpy. It mentions that Pyle is "in custody"; a careful reader will understand that means that he's in jail. He is - in Boone County Jail on a Federal hold.
Was there anything in the paper while I was out-of-town that Pyle had resigned? Remember how Sheriff Nygren tried to cover his backside with some smoke-and-mirrors about how Pyle really wasn't still on the payroll? And how Pyle was arrested by the Feds on the very day his leave and sick benefits ran out? Anybody still believe that?
And how he was going to "let" Pyle resign? Why would he ever let Pyle resign? Why not fire him?
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3 months ago
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In absence of some explaination from the MCSO, one is left to conclude that perhaps people within the organization themselves have something to lose by coming down on the former deputy in a manner consistent with the charges being leveled against him.
Further, it makes me wonder why nobody has pointed the finger at the MCSO as having negligently retained an employee for such a long time after such serious allegations have been made against him. That says more about the department and it's "leadership" than it does the former deputy.
Awww, how could you think such a thing?
Back in January deputies were reminded that Pyle was innocent until proven guilty and that deputies should keep their friends in mind.
With a friend like that, who needs enemies? Where was the outrage?
In fact, where was the attention to duty? Pyle was the computer forensics go-to guy and the Evidence Room guy? Think an inventory was ever conducted?
I would think it be more the position of the deputies to keep the best interest of the victimized child in mind. I know that's crazy-
By the way, Pyle was the evidence tech who ultimately took custody of Doran Bloom's laptop. I wonder if it was ever examined or if it was used for other purposes?
It certainly was not returned to the Bloom family, who repeatedly requested that it be returned by the department upon completion of the examination.
It could be best, for an additional, but temporary, time, for that computer to remain in the custody of the MCSO. That way, the chain of custody should be unbroken. The computer could be very important in the near future.
Was it used for any purpose while it was in the custody of MCSO? Has it always been in the Evidence Room of MCSO?
When it is eventually returned to the Blooms, the condition of the computer will be noted and important.
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