Grand Old Police Blotter

(Published as circumstances warrant)

"A special prosecutor filed charges this week against [John K.] Butler and his wife, Lisa, in Downstate Cass County near Springfield. [Para.] The couple are charged with felony criminal sexual assault and felony aggravated criminal sexual abuse for allegedly fondling a 17-year-old girl in September 2001 and summer 2000, said Michael Vujovich, a special prosecutor with the state's attorney's appellate prosecutor's office.

John Butler was Cass County GOP chairman through last April. He was pardoned by Gov. George Ryan in October last year for a felony burglary conviction."