Ex-Judge Seeks Trial Delay to Stay in Rehab

Published June 22, 2013

Ex-judge seeks trial delay to stay in rehab
EAST ST. LOUIS — Attorneys for a former southwestern Illinois judge want to delay his July trial, saying he needs more time at a drug treatment facility. Mike Cook was charged with heroin and gun possession as part of a widening courthouse drug … Read more on The State Journal-Register

Judge grants Cook's motion to continue trial on drug charge; Grand jury …
Belleville attorney Thomas Q. Keefe III filed the motion for a continuance Monday on the grounds that his client is currently undergoing drug treatment at an out-of-state facility, “where he is expected to remain for at least several more weeks.” In … Read more on Madison County Record