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Vol. 32, No. 23
June 7, 2017
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Five years later, man guilty of brutal Brookfield attack Jeffrey Gurley sentenced to 21 years for attempted murder By BOB UPHUES Editor
Jeffrey Gurley, a 31-year-old Kentucky man who brutally stabbed a Hodgkins man and left him bleeding inside the bedroom of a Brookfield apartment in 2012, finally pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree attempted murder on May 16. Judge Paula Daleo sentenced him to 21 years in prison, putting an end to a case that’s awaited resolution for more than five years. Gurley must serve 85 percent of the sentence, according to the terms of the plea agreement. Since he has already served five years, Gurley will be eligible for parole in January 2020, when he will be 44 years old. In April 2012, Gurley hopped on a bus and traveled from Campbellsville, Kentucky, to Brookfield. His intentions were violent. In and out of jail five times between 2008 and 2011, Gurley had befriended a female guard at the Taylor County Detention Center and the two later struck up a romantic relationship. By early 2012, the 32-year-old woman had left Kentucky and moved to a basement apartment in the 8900 block of Burlington Avenue in Brookfield. On April 11, 2012 she got a phone call. On the other end of the line was Gurley, who said he was on his way to see her. Frightened because of past death threats Gurley had made and of his violent behavior, she called Brookfield police, who escorted her to the apartment to pick up some items so that she could stay with a friend. See GUILTY on page 10
WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer
Neva Frank inspects the offerings of Chuck “Eggman” Barman during opening day for the Brookfield Farmers Market on June 3. The market will run every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Brookfield Village Hall through mid-October. For more photos, visit online at www.RBLandmark.com.
Riverside may drop fishing, picnic bans Village president asking rec board to reconsider prohibitions By BOB UPHUES Editor
Riverside may be poised to drop its longstanding policy of prohibiting fishing, boat launching and picnicking in village parks.
Village President Ben Sells told the Landmark last week that he has asked the Riverside Parks and Recreation Board to consider recommending that the village reverse course on the fishing/picnicking issue to align local laws with recommendations laid out
in the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) comprehensive plan for the downtown area. A key component of the CMAP plan calls for greater access and See FISHING on page 8
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