Possible plea by Dekalb -mann, who is accused of the death of the deputy, says his lawyer – Shaw Local

Sycamore – Instead of a court proceedings in June, a plea for a DEKALB man could come

John Kopp, Defender of Geneva at Nathan P. Sweeney, 45, said on Thursday that his client had decided to do without a procedure.

“We expect us to proceed with a blind plea,” said Kopp.

This plea could come at the next hearing that Buick set on June 18 at 3 p.m.

SWEENEY was charged on April 3, 2024 because Dui from Dui from Drugs to Death and a ruthless murder, all criminal offenses in class 2 was caused.

The prosecutors claim that Sweeney had several drugs in his system in the night of March 28, 2024. They claim that Sweeney was willing to get the wheel of a company car and left the patrol car with Musil inside. The 35 -year -old Musil was on patrol at that time. In the early morning hours on March 29, she died of her injuries in a nearby hospital, the authorities said.

Musil was the mother of three children and a military veteran who served in Afghanistan. She was recently reminded of the annual Illinois Peace Officers Memorial in Springfield. To mark a year since her death, Dekalb County Sheriff Andy Sullivan A vigil for her loved ones to show that she will never forget and is missing every day, “he said in March.

The attempts by Sweeney's lawyer to bring his procedure to another district argued that the local jurors could be biased were not successful, as court files.

Sweeney's criminal history showed a pattern of “unpredictable driving”, the leading prosecutor Scott Schwertley argued in court.

Schwertley said on Thursday, when Sweeney is guilty in June, the public prosecutor's office of the Dekalb district does not try to bring him into police custody if he is convicted. However, the date for the conviction is only determined after a plea has been entered. A blind plea means that a judgment is concluded without conviction without an agreement.

When Sweeney is convicted, he is between three and 14 years in prison.

Buick said that SWEENEY is guilty of confessing and was released until the conviction would order it to a GPS monitoring device. SWEENEY has been free in court since April 8, 2024.

According to court records, Sweeney was employed by Garzo Tire at the time of the crash. The prosecutors claim that he is under the influence of drugs when he implements Musil's car with a Kenworth Nedia car with 71 miles per hour. He allegedly used the brakes of the truck after the crash, as recorded.

In January, when Buick set a negotiation date, Kopp asked her to get the process from Dekalb County and argue that a local jury pool would be spoiled, as court records. Kopp argued that considerable attention and the death of a law enforcement officer would make it difficult to keep legal proceedings impartial. Buick filed this application on April 15, as recorded.

On Thursday, Kopp withdrew on January 2, in which Buick asked to prohibit evidence against Sweeney, to be deployed in court. In this withdrawn court registration, Kopp had argued that statements were the night of the crash and the objects confiscated by the MPs in search of Sweeney's truck and should not be put on trial.

Buick asked Sweeney, who personally appeared in a suit and tie whether he understood the process of the day.

“I understand,” he said.