Sexual Assault

Jeffrey Martin was charged in 2016 with sexual assault of an elderly woman with whom he was staying in Normal. He was later accused of possessing child pornography in connection with images found on a computer seized by police from the woman’s home.

Jeffrey Martin’s practice of hiring and firing his lawyers continued on Friday as a Chicago attorney was allowed to sever ties with the case, leaving Martin to serve as his own lawyer on sexual assault and child pornography charges pending since 2016.

Dr. Shaun Kink, 39, was indicted in February 2020 on charges related to his interactions with a female patient, who claims Kink sexually assaulted her at her home.

The life term handed down by Judge Casey Costigan is in addition to 450 years Parlier received in January, also from Costigan, in the sexual assault of another student.

A judge has agreed to hear a motion filed by a former Bloomington doctor accusing a city police detective of lying to a grand jury about the ex-physician’s response to questions related to an alleged sexual assault.

A fitness hearing for a man in custody for more than 6 ½ years on rape charges was postponed on Thursday after the defendant refused to stop yelling at the judge about his intention to fire his lawyer. Jeffrey Martin, 57, of Normal was removed from the courtroom by Judge William Yoder following his outburst about his lawyer, Gigi Gilbert, of Chicago.

A Bloomington doctor accused of sexually assaulting a patient claims a police detective lied to the grand jury that returned indictments against the physician.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed two bills into law Thursday aimed at protecting the victims of sexual assault.

The rape and child pornography cases against Jeffrey Martin took a baby step forward on Tuesday after a judge gave Martin 45 days to continue his search for a new lawyer in the county’s longest pending criminal case.

Two of McLean County's longest pending criminal cases saw another major delay on Friday with the withdrawal of Jeffrey Martin’s lawyer from his two felony…