Tuszynski Admits To Hate Crime Against Mayor Claar

BOLINGBROOK, IL - Rachel Tuszynski, the 29-year-old Bolingbrook woman who spray-painted Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar's house in September with numerous swastikas, profanity-laced messages and she also stole his American flag and Bolingbrook flag, has taken responsibility for her crimes. After spending more than three months of her life inside the Will County Jail, Tuszynski decided to plead guilty to a slew of felonies including a hate crime, threatening a public official and also criminal damage to property. Several other criminal charges were dismissed under her plea deal.

The court followed the recommendations of the attorneys and sentenced Tuszynski on the spot. In a nutshell, she got credit for time served, which amounted to 93 days in the Will County Adult Detention Facility. She was put on probation for the next 30 months. She was ordered to pay a hefty restitution fine of $3,295. She must perform 100 hours of court-ordered public service as part of her punishment.

Of particular note, the online court records note, Tuszynski needs to "remain under the treatment and care of psychiatric professional and comply." After her sentencing hearing ended, jailers at Will County released Tuszynski from custody just before supper time on December 21. She was free to return to her house in the 200 block of Coral Court in Bolingbrook.

Claar, the mayor of Bolingbrook since the 1980s, was a huge supporter of the candidacy of Donald Trump in Trump's successful campaign for president in 2016. In September 2016, Patch covered the Donald Trump fund-raiser held at the Bolingbrook Golf Club where the minimum price for a ticket was $1,000.

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In 2014, three Decembers ago, Tuszynski was profiled by The Associated Press for being a political activist. She even posed for a portrait with an Associated Press photographer at her apartment in Chicago. The AP article that was distributed internationally gave this account:

"At 26, Rachel Tuszynski is hardly new to protest. She marched against the Iraq war in 2007 and, more recently, demonstrated in favor of legalizing medical marijuana. Then, last Thursday, Tuszynski and her girlfriend drove into downtown Chicago on an errand and, motivated by spontaneous curiosity, went looking for a march against police brutality that they'd heard about on the radio.

"We drove down Michigan Avenue until we couldn't," said Tuszynski. "I was in slippers ... and I heard helicopters and police and I just hopped out of the car," joining protesters shouting "Hands Up. Don't Shoot." When someone handed her a sign with the message, "Ferguson is Everywhere," she grabbed it.

"It's like I have an internal fire and I am deeply, deeply upset by injustice. To me, this is injustice," she told the AP.

But now that she's a convicted felon, her days of political protesting may be numbered.

As far as her felony hate crime conviction, the criminal complaint stated that Tuszynski "by reason of perceived creed of Roger Claar ... knowingly damaged a flagpole, garage door, driveway, brick walkway and garage service door of another, Roger Claar, without the consent of Roger Claar."

At last week's sentencing, Tuszynski also learned she must never have any contact with the long-time mayor of Bolingbrook. If she does, her probation is likely to be revoked, and she could be carted off to prison.

Actually, Tuszynski must "have no contact with Roger Claar, Pat Claar, their immediate family or their residence," court records reflect.

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Mugshot of Rachel Tuszynski via Will County Sheriff's Department