Former Probation Officer, Accused Of Supplying Drugs To Judges, Asks To Continue Trial
From the Madison County Record
Former St. Clair County probation officer James Fogarty seeks two or three months to negotiate a guilty plea on charges that he distributed cocaine.
“Activities aimed at obtaining both a plea agreement and an accompanying addendum are underway,” his lawyer, Justin Kuehn of Belleville, wrote on July 31.
“A change of plea is ultimately contemplated,” he wrote.
He asked for a delay of 60 to 90 days in a trial that U.S. District Judge Michael Reagan had set to start on Aug. 26.
Agents arrested Fogarty in May, on charges that he supplied cocaine to the late judge Joe Christ and others.
Christ allegedly received 1.5 grams of cocaine from Fogarty two days before he died.
On June 4, at a detention hearing, Kuehn said it was possible that none of the cocaine found in Cook’s autopsy came from Fogarty.
Kuehn said Christ would have metabolized the cocaine Fogarty allegedly supplied.
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From the Madison County Record
Former St. Clair County probation officer James Fogarty seeks two or three months to negotiate a guilty plea on charges that he distributed cocaine.
“Activities aimed at obtaining both a plea agreement and an accompanying addendum are underway,” his lawyer, Justin Kuehn of Belleville, wrote on July 31.
“A change of plea is ultimately contemplated,” he wrote.
He asked for a delay of 60 to 90 days in a trial that U.S. District Judge Michael Reagan had set to start on Aug. 26.
Agents arrested Fogarty in May, on charges that he supplied cocaine to the late judge Joe Christ and others.
Christ allegedly received 1.5 grams of cocaine from Fogarty two days before he died.
On June 4, at a detention hearing, Kuehn said it was possible that none of the cocaine found in Cook’s autopsy came from Fogarty.
Kuehn said Christ would have metabolized the cocaine Fogarty allegedly supplied.
Read more in our daily News Update...