By Charles Keeshan | Daily Herald Staff A Palatine man accused of running a multimillion-dollar pot-growing operation inside several rented homes must explain how he came up with $10,000 bail to go free while awaiting trial, a McHenry County judge ruled Monday. Despite objections from Phillip Koeckritz’s defense, Judge Joseph Condon said county prosecutors have … Continued
By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI – jduchnowski@nwherald.com December 1, 2009 WOODSTOCK – McHenry County prosecutors want to know where the 35-year-old Palatine man accused of financing and organizing a large-scale marijuana growing operation got his $10,000 bond. Phillip J. Koeckritz indicated that he had no job, about $13,000 in credit-card debt, and no real estate or cars … Continued
By Charles Keeshan | Daily Herald Staff A few weeks after swearing to a judge that he had no job, no money and no assets, a Palatine man accused of operating a multimillion-dollar marijuana-growing operation came up with $10,000 cash to make bail. Now McHenry County prosecutors are demanding Phillip Koeckritz come back to court … Continued
By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI – jduchnowski@nwherald.com November 30, 2009 WOODSTOCK – McHenry County prosecutors want to know where the 35-year-old Palatine man accused of financing and organizing a large-scale marijuana growing operation got his $10,000 bond. Phillip J. Koeckritz indicated he had no job, about $13,000 in credit-card debt, and no real estate or cars when … Continued
By Charles Keeshan | Daily Herald Staff A judge refused to lower bond Monday for a 35-year-old Palatine man a prosecutor said was the brains and money behind one of the largest indoor marijuana-growing operations in McHenry County history. Phillip J. Koeckritz remained locked up in the McHenry County jail on a $100,000 bond after … Continued
By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI – jduchnowski@nwherald.com November 9, 2009 WOODSTOCK – A judge declined to reduce bail today for a 35-year-old Palatine man accused of financing and organizing a large-scale marijuana growing operation in McHenry. A special public defender for Phillip J. Koeckritz asked Judge Joseph Condon to halve his bail from $100,000 to $50,000, which … Continued
By SARAH SUTSCHEK – ssutschek@nwherald.com September 25, 2009 WOODSTOCK – Theft charges again were dropped Thursday against an Algonquin woman who removed a pet-waste can from near her town house. Carrie Fosdale, 46, has said she took the dog waste station in October in protest after Old Oak Terrace Home-owners Association representatives installed it. She … Continued
By Charles Keeshan | Daily Herald Staff Carrie Fosdale of Algonquin is criminally off the hook now that the McHenry County State’s Attorney has agreed to drop a theft charge against her. When her townhouse association wouldn’t move a dog waste container from near her home, she removed it herself. McHenry County prosecutors today tossed … Continued
SARAH SUTSCHEK September 24, 2009 WOODSTOCK – Theft charges were again dropped Thursday against an Algonquin woman who removed a pet-waste can from near her townhome, but the ordeal may not be entirely over. Carrie Fosdale, 46, has said she took the dog waste station in October in protest after Old Oak Terrace Homeowners Association … Continued