Officer Nick Crowley Trial This Week: 6 Things To Know

JOLIET, IL - This week, a jury at the Will County Courthouse will likely decide whether Joliet Police Officer Nick Crowley is guilty of two felony counts of reckless discharge of a firearm. The selection of a jury will likely begin on Monday or Tuesday. First, Will County Judge Daniel Kennedy needs to issue a ruling on several pretrial matters including a motion filed by Crowley's attorney, Jeff Tomczak of The Tomczak Law Group, asking the prosecution's case be dismissed.

Although five criminal charges were originally filed last July by the Will County State's Attorney's Office, the case was later turned over to a special prosecutor, Lorinda Lamken. After the evidence was heard by a grand jury, three of the original charges were dismissed against Crowley.

Both the prosecution and the defense have made a number of requests to the judge regarding what evidence and testimony would be appropriate or off-limits during the upcoming trial.

Here were some of the key requests made by Lamken, who is trying to convict Crowley:

• "An exclusion of any and all testimony ... relating to possible penalties/sentencing that the defendant faces in the above cause including the impact any conviction may have on the status of his job, such matters ... would only be introduced to gain sympathy for the defendant."
• "An exclusion of any and all testimony ... relating to the defendant's current job status, (paid administrative leave, light duty, etc.) such political matters are irrelevant and improper issues for jury consideration."
• "An exclusion ... relating to other cases involving police officers or other individuals discharging weapons with a home ..."

On the other side, here were some requests made by The Tomczak Law Group on behalf of Crowley:

• "Any mention by any witness of the Defendant's status as a Joliet Police Officer."
• "Any evidence involving proof of any other crimes to which the grand jury found no probable cause existed, including but not limited to any evidence of domestic battery, criminal damage to property and official misconduct."
• "Any and all photographs of Defendant in his squad car where his firearm is visible."

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Mugshot of Nick Crowley via Will County Sheriff's Department