Obama fundraiser, convicted of fraud, spills beans
By CrimeWatch Sunday, October 12, 2008
CHICAGO - Jailed political fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be explosive.
Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose administration faces multiple federal investigations over how it handed out jobs and money with advice from Rezko, is considered the most vulnerable.
Rezko also was friendly with Obama — offering him a job when he finished law school, funding his earliest political campaigns and purchasing a lot next to his house. But based on the known facts, charges so far and testimony at Rezko’s trial, there’s no indication there’ll be a so-called “October surprise” that could hurt the Democratic presidential nominee — even though Rezko says prosecutors are pressing him for dirt about Obama.
Mum branded a ‘disgrace’ after she buys 13-yr-old daughter alcohol to take on school charity walk
By CrimeWatch Saturday, October 11, 2008
A mother was called a ‘ disgrace’ yesterday for buying her 13-year-old daughter and two friends a bottle of vodka, three bottles of wine and two alcopops as they set off on a charity walk.
After 40-year-old Carol Jones gave them the alcohol, the girls disguised it in soft drink bottles to avoid detection by teachers.
Her daughter Kayleigh and her friends, also 13, were later spotted in a ‘paralytic’ condition at a checkpoint on the seven-mile sponsored hike.
One of the teenagers was treated by paramedics after drinking so much she became violently ill and lost consciousness.