{"id":2480,"date":"2023-11-06T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2480"},"modified":"2023-11-06T17:51:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:51:00","slug":"father-of-highland-park-shooter-pleads-guilty-to-seven-misdemeanor-counts-of-reckless-conduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2480","title":{"rendered":"Father of Highland Park Shooter Pleads Guilty to Seven Misdemeanor Counts of Reckless Conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AP23026625576462.jpg\" data-caption=\"Robert E. Crimo Jr., center, father of Robert Crimo III, talks with his attorneys as they wait for court to begin before Judge George D. Strickland at the Lake County, Ill., Courthouse Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Waukegan, Ill.  (AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh, Pool)\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AP23026625576462-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AP23026625576462-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AP23026625576462-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AP23026625576462-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AP23026625576462-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AP23026625576462-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AP23026625576462-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AP23026625576462-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AP23026625576462-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"Robert E Crimo Jr.\" title=\"Robert E Crimo Jr.\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert E. Crimo Jr., center, father of Robert Crimo III, talks with his attorneys as they wait for court to begin before Judge George D. Strickland at the Lake County, Ill., Courthouse Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Waukegan, Ill. (AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this year, Robert Crimo, Jr., the father of alleged Highland Park killer Robert Crimo, III, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/highland-park-parade-shooters-father-indicted-for-reckless-conduct-in-helping-his-son-get-a-weapon-of-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was indicted<\/a> on seven felony counts of reckless conduct. Prosecutors alleged that the father should have known that his son was a danger and had allegedly threatened violence when he helped the then-19-year-old purchase firearms.<\/p>\n<p>The charges agains the father were based on the fact that Crimo, Jr. had sponsored his son\u2019s Illinois FOID card application in 2019. The son then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/watch-live-officials-provide-update-on-highland-park-july-4-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legally purchased<\/a> his firearms, passing all required background checks. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/suspect-in-deadly-highland-park-july-4th-shooting-reportedly-broke-citys-assault-weapons-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shooting took place<\/a> during a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>As Lake County, Illinois, State\u2019s Attorney Eric Rinehart said at the time of the indictment . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Parents who help their kids get weapons of war are morally and legally responsible when those kids hurt others with those weapons.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Crimo\u2019s trial on the reckless conduct charged was scheduled to start today. But in a last-minute plea deal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/11\/06\/us\/robert-crimo-highland-park-shooting\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he pleaded guilty<\/a> to seven reduced misdemeanor counts of reckless conduct.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>As part of the deal reached with prosecutors, he will be on probation for two years, serve 60 days in jail, and complete 100 hours of community service. He is expected to report to jail to begin serving his sentence on November 15.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The charges were, to say the least, novel. Blaming a father for an adult child\u2019s conduct\u00a0 would have been a challenge to prove in court. The defense had elected a bench trial with the expectation that given the pre-trial publicity surrounding the shooting, Crimo, Jr. couldn\u2019t have gotten a fair jury trial.<\/p>\n<p>The difficulty in proving allegations of responsibility on the part of a parent likely prompted prosecutors to offer a plea deal to reduced misdemeanor charges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>As part of his plea deal, Crimo Jr. has agreed to testify if called at his son\u2019s criminal trial, prosecutors said. The date for that trial has not been set.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/father-of-highland-park-shooter-pleads-guilty-to-seven-misdemeanor-counts-of-reckless-conduct\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert E. Crimo Jr., center, father of Robert Crimo III, talks with his attorneys as they wait for court to begin before Judge George D. Strickland at the Lake County, Ill., Courthouse Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Waukegan, Ill. (AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh, Pool) Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 Earlier this year, Robert Crimo, Jr., the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2480","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}