Father of Highland Park shooting suspect wants charges he helped son obtain gun dismissed
Robert Crimo Jr. faces seven counts of reckless conduct -- one for each person killed in the shooting -- alleging he helped his then 19-year-old son obtain a firearm owners identification card in 2019, despite the teen's troubled past.
The defense for Crimo Jr. is asking Lake County Judge George Strickland to throw out the case against him, arguing in court Monday that the reckless conduct statute used to charge him is unconstitutionally overbroad and vague. The law defines reckless conduct as when a person's actions cause bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to another person.
Strickland is scheduled to rule on the defense motions Aug. 28. If he denies them, the case is scheduled to go to bench trial beginning Nov. 6.
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