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Monday, February 13, 2012

Court Watch: Judge Reviews School Records in Sex Abuse Case

The next hearing for a former high school counselor charged with sex abuse is set for March 9.

The judge overseeing a sex abuse case involving a former Naperville School District 203 counselor is looking over school district records to determine whether the documents are relevant to the case, as the man’s defense attorney has suggested. John Carbonaro's attorney subpoenaed records for two District 203 students, one of whom is said by prosecutors to have been sexually abused by the former Naperville North High School counselor. In January, Judge Blanche Fawell directed that Naperville School District 203 release the records of the students. Fawell said at that hearing the records needed to be sent to her for inspection before she would hand them over to anyone involved in the case. She also told the district to inform the girls' …

Friday, January 13, 2012

Judge Allows School Records Release in Sexual Abuse Case

Judge Blanch Fawell said she will inspect the records from District 203 before handing them over to attorneys for John Carbonaro.

Despite objections from prosecutors, the judge in the sexual abuse case of a former Naperville North High School counselor has ordered Naperville School District 203 to release student records. The attorney for John Carbonaro, 34, who was charged in February 2011 with aggravated criminal sexual assault after being accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl had requested records of two students at a court hearing earlier this month. Judge Blanche Fawell directed that Naperville School District 203 release the records of the students, including one students prosecutors described as John Carbonaro's victim. Fawell said the records need to be sent to her for inspection before handing them over to anyone involved in the case. She also told …

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