A now-former Lake County special education paraprofessional has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for sexually assaulting a physically and mentally disabled student over the span of two years. Israel Suaste-Gonzalez, 51, of the 19000 block of Cambridge Road in unincorporated Mundelein, was charged in December 2019 with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual […]
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Grayslake SEDOL teacher aide pleads guilty to sexually assaulting special needs student
A now-former Lake County special education paraprofessional has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a physically and mentally disabled student over the span of two years. In December 2019, Israel Suaste-Gonzalez, 50, of the 19000 block of Cambridge Road in unincorporated Mundelein, was charged with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, four counts of criminal […]
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School worker charged with battery of a 7-year-old student at SEDOL in Gages Lake
A paraprofessional at the Special Education District of Lake County was charged with hitting a 7-year-old student in the head with a pillow, police said. Justin Cole, 35, of the 2400 block of 82nd Street in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was charged with one count of battery, a Class A misdemeanor. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office was […]
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Lawsuit filed against SEDOL after teacher aide charged with sexually assaulting student
A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the Special Education District of Lake County after a paraprofessional was charged in December with sexually assaulting a physically and mentally disabled student. Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, a Waukegan based law firm, filed the civil lawsuit in Lake County Circuit Court alleging the school district “recklessly failed” to protect […]