Friday, December 04, 2009

Break-in at Blago lawyers’ office

From The Capitol Fax Blog:

The easiest wisecrack is to suggest he did it himself, but I would never dare make such a suggestion. Still, it is Chicago

Chicago police are investigating a burglary at the law offices of the attorneys for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, sources said, and are trying to recover computers containing discovery evidence in the sweeping corruption case.

Someone broke into the offices of laywers Sam Adam and his son, Sam Adam Jr., in the 6100 block of South Ellis Avenue, sources said, and stole computer equipment. At least one of those computers carried copies of secretly made tape recordings in the case, sources said.

The burglars set off an alarm but escaped the area. Investigative sources said there are no suspects in the crime.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago declined to comment on the incident or the fact that evidence in the case apparently has been compromised.

*** UPDATE *** From ABC7’s Twitter page
Blagojevich lawyers tell ABC 7 office break-in probably random, will not effect trial preps.

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