State Senator Suzi Schmidt charged in dispute with neighbor
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CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) -
State Sen. Suzi Schmidt was released on $5,000 bond Tuesday night after she was arrested for allegedly damaging her neighbor's "feed bag" last week outside their Lake Villa area home. Police had visited her home twice last year for domestic disturbances with her husband.
Schmidt (R-Lake Villa) was charged with one count each of misdemeanor criminal damage to property and misdemeanor criminal trespass to property, according to a statement from the Lake County Sheriff's office.
Sheriff's deputies also served an emergency stalking no contact order preventing her from having contact with her neighbor, according to sheriff's police.
Lake County Sheriff's police Chief Wayne S. Hunter said police responded to the Lake Villa area residence last week, but didn't serve the arrest warrant until 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, when Schmidt was taken into custody without incident in the 6600 block of Grand Avenue in Grunee.
The warrant said Schmidt damaged her neighbor's "feed bag," which was valued at less than $300, Hunter said.
Sheriff's police had responded to her home in the 38500 block of Ardmore Lane in Lake Villa on August 16 and September 26, 2011, for reports she battered her 65-year-old husband. The Lake County State's Attorney's office declined to press charges.
Schmidt is a freshman senator and former chairman of the Lake County Board.
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