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Mother sues city, officers in son's death
Publication Northwest Herald
Date November 18, 2005
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WOODSTOCK - Emergency personnel might have saved Craig Cronyn's life if they had reacted faster the evening that Crystal Lake police shot him, Cronyn's mother wrote in a lawsuit she filed this week against the city of Crystal Lake, police and rescue workers.
Karen Cronyn is seeking $9 million in damages for her son's death, which she says was caused by police shooting him eight times and emergency personnel waiting 32 minutes to take him to a hospital.
Karen Cronyn said Thursday that she would consider dropping the lawsuit if she could ask questions to the officers who shot at her son.
"The attorneys aren't going to give me any information," she said. "I want to talk to the officers. I don't want to talk to anybody that wasn't there. Then I would have the information in order to make an intelligent decision."
Craig Cronyn, 31, was shot by Crystal Lake police officers after a domestic-disturbance call and subsequent high-speed car chase Nov. 16, 2004. After Cronyn allegedly rammed his truck into two occupied squad cars, police fired 23 shots at him, hitting him at least eight times, according to police.
Following an Illinois State Police investigation, the McHenry County State's Attorney's office ruled that the shooting was justified.
Karen Cronyn filed the five-page, hand-written lawsuit Wednesday without the help of an attorney. She said Thursday she was uncertain whether she would hire an attorney.
Karen Cronyn said in the lawsuit that although paramedics arrived on the scene within two minutes, they waited another 32 minutes before taking her son to a hospital, which was less than 10 minutes away.
"Waited over 15 minutes for Medivac Helecoper (sic) instead of transporting as Helecopter (sic) was on another call, causing Craig A. Cronyn to bleed to death go into shock," Karen Cronyn wrote.
Karen Cronyn, of Little Elm, Texas, named in the lawsuit the city of Crystal Lake, four Crystal Lake Fire Department employees, Crystal Lake Police Chief Dave Linder, former acting Crystal Lake Fire Chief Rick Slusin, Centegra Health System, and the unknown police officers who shot her son, among others.
John Cowlin, the attorney who represents Crystal Lake and its fire and police departments, said Thursday that he could not comment about the lawsuit because he had not yet seen it. Geoffrey Huys, a spokesman for Centegra Health System, said he also could not comment on the suit.
Karen Cronyn said she filed the lawsuit this week because the one-year requirement for filing a suit nearly had expired.
"I have problems with the whole thing," she said. "The whole thing is like one big cover-up. They just won't talk."
By ROB PHILLIPS
rphillips@nwherald.com
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I heard the the Crystal Lake PD has had quite a few problems.
Publication Northwest Herald
Date November 18, 2005
Section(s) Main
Page
WOODSTOCK - Emergency personnel might have saved Craig Cronyn's life if they had reacted faster the evening that Crystal Lake police shot him, Cronyn's mother wrote in a lawsuit she filed this week against the city of Crystal Lake, police and rescue workers.
Karen Cronyn is seeking $9 million in damages for her son's death, which she says was caused by police shooting him eight times and emergency personnel waiting 32 minutes to take him to a hospital.
Karen Cronyn said Thursday that she would consider dropping the lawsuit if she could ask questions to the officers who shot at her son.
"The attorneys aren't going to give me any information," she said. "I want to talk to the officers. I don't want to talk to anybody that wasn't there. Then I would have the information in order to make an intelligent decision."
Craig Cronyn, 31, was shot by Crystal Lake police officers after a domestic-disturbance call and subsequent high-speed car chase Nov. 16, 2004. After Cronyn allegedly rammed his truck into two occupied squad cars, police fired 23 shots at him, hitting him at least eight times, according to police.
Following an Illinois State Police investigation, the McHenry County State's Attorney's office ruled that the shooting was justified.
Karen Cronyn filed the five-page, hand-written lawsuit Wednesday without the help of an attorney. She said Thursday she was uncertain whether she would hire an attorney.
Karen Cronyn said in the lawsuit that although paramedics arrived on the scene within two minutes, they waited another 32 minutes before taking her son to a hospital, which was less than 10 minutes away.
"Waited over 15 minutes for Medivac Helecoper (sic) instead of transporting as Helecopter (sic) was on another call, causing Craig A. Cronyn to bleed to death go into shock," Karen Cronyn wrote.
Karen Cronyn, of Little Elm, Texas, named in the lawsuit the city of Crystal Lake, four Crystal Lake Fire Department employees, Crystal Lake Police Chief Dave Linder, former acting Crystal Lake Fire Chief Rick Slusin, Centegra Health System, and the unknown police officers who shot her son, among others.
John Cowlin, the attorney who represents Crystal Lake and its fire and police departments, said Thursday that he could not comment about the lawsuit because he had not yet seen it. Geoffrey Huys, a spokesman for Centegra Health System, said he also could not comment on the suit.
Karen Cronyn said she filed the lawsuit this week because the one-year requirement for filing a suit nearly had expired.
"I have problems with the whole thing," she said. "The whole thing is like one big cover-up. They just won't talk."
By ROB PHILLIPS
rphillips@nwherald.com
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I heard the the Crystal Lake PD has had quite a few problems.