Man is cleared twice for offense of domestic battery with help of defense attorney Lewis Gainor. Download the court records

Recently Lake County domestic abuse lawyer Lewis Gainor won two trials for one client. In the first case, the man had been arrested by the Lake County Sheriff and charged with domestic battery. In the second, he was arrested by the Gurnee Police Department and charged with domestic battery again. In both cases, the verdict read the same: not guilty.

 

In the first case, Lewis Gainor’s client was arrested by the Lake County Sheriff on September 22, 2005. The alleged offense took place at his girlfriend’s home. They were in an argument and about to break up. She called 911 and accused him of beating her.

 

The Lake County Sheriff took the man into custody and transported him to the Lake County jail. A judge set a cash bond, which required him to post money in order to be released from jail. Once the man was able to raise enough money to be released, he contacted his girlfriend to talk.

 

He called the woman on September 26, 2005, only four days after he was arrested. He asked her for his belongings so he could move out. The relationship was over.

 

The woman wanted to return his property to him in a public place. So, they arranged to meet in the parking lot of her workplace in Gurnee. As they had agreed, the man went to the parking lot to meet her. She came out of her workplace and they began to argue. Soon, squad cars from the Gurnee Police Department arrived at the parking lot with their emergency lights activated. Once again, he was arrested for domestic battery. This time, she accused him of punching her in the face in the parking lot, in public view. She told the police that her co-worker was watching from the window and that the co-worker would be a witness.

 

When the Gurnee police officers took the man to jail, he had to again appear before a judge for a bond hearing. Since he was arrested only a few days after his initial case, the judge refused to allow him out of jail. He waited in jail until his trial date.

 

He retained Waukegan domestic battery lawyer Lewis Gainor for his defense. The first incident went to trial on November 23, 2005. The man’s girlfriend came to court and testified against him. Attorney Lewis Gainor questioned her about the incident, and the judge found that her testimony was not credible.

 

The court entered a verdict of not guilty. The verdict was entered on the same day of trial, November 23, 2005, which was the Wednesday before Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday. The judge ordered that the man would be returned to jail pending trial on the second set of charges from the Gurnee Police Department.

 

The court bailiff brought the man back into court at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, November 28, 2005, for trial on the second set of domestic battery charges. For this case, Lewis Gainor would select a jury to decide his client’s guilt or innocence.

 

As before, the woman appeared in court to testify against the man. She even brought her co-worker who claimed she watched the attack from the window in her workplace. Attorney Lewis Gainor made his closing argument, and convinced the jury that what the case was really about was the woman had fabricated her story in order to get the police to arrest her boyfriend. She wanted revenge after he had broken up with her.

 

The jury verdict, again, was not guilty.

 

We accept cases involving violation of an order of protection, stalking, aggravated domestic battery, criminal trespass to residence, criminal damage to property, unlawful restraint, contempt for failure to pay child support, and child custody disputes. Gainor & Gosch, PC is a Waukegan-based law firm serving all of Lake County and Cook County (Rolling Meadows and Skokie courts).