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Prosecutors want a judge to give Chicago's longest-serving City Council member a 10-year prison sentence for corruption. But defense attorneys hope to sway the judge to spare him any prison time with stories of Ed Burke's good deeds.
Patchin will succeed Jim Garrett, who will retire after serving as president and CEO of the bureau since 1996.
Judge Angela Petrone ruled that the boy’s statement was reliable enough to be used at the trial of Crosetti Brand in a March 13 attack that killed 11-year-old Jayden Perkins and left his mother severely wounded.
Ribfest, held for many years over the July Fourth weekend in Naperville and later relocated to the DuPage County Fairgrounds, faces a hazy future, organizers said.