MORE NEWS ON THE HATCH DAUGHTERS #2
Hatch daughters' trial set to begin
Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch will be in court today as a parent rather than as an attorney when he attends the trial of his two daughters who were involved in a scuffle with police outside a Chicago nightclub.
Anne and Elizabeth Hatch face charges of battery, resisting arrest and damaging a police car in connection with an altercation on March 27, 2004, when they were celebrating Anne Hatch's 21st birthday. All of the charges are misdemeanors.
On Tuesday, Hatch was with his daughters when they appeared in a Chicago courtroom to waive their right to a jury trial. Cook County Judge Colleen Sheehan will decide their case in a bench trial that begins at 11 a.m. today and is expected to conclude on Thursday.
Tuesday's courtroom procedure lasted only a few minutes. Hatch and his daughters did not make any public comments.
Anne Hatch was a third-year undergraduate student at Chicago's DePaul University when her 21st birthday celebration was held at the Crobar, a trendy nightclub on the city's Near North Side. According to an account given later by Mike Hatch, his two daughters and his wife, Patricia Hatch, were with a group of celebrants at the nightclub, though Patricia Hatch departed several hours before the incident with police took place.
It happened after Elizabeth Hatch, then 22 and a senior at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., was ejected from the club following an argument. One account said she argued with a man who had groped her, but the club's manager later told a reporter that she became "belligerent" after she was told she wouldn't be served any more drinks.
Outside the club, the two women became involved in a verbal confrontation with two Chicago police officers who had ordered them to leave the area. According to police, Elizabeth Hatch slapped one of the officers and knocked off his glasses and Anne Hatch scuffled with another officer and scratched him.
The attorney general later said his daughters were intoxicated, but that they denied assaulting the officers. He said Anne came to Elizabeth's aid after she saw her sister being forced to the sidewalk by an officer.
After being placed in the back of a squad car, the two women began kicking at the rear passenger window, eventually knocking it out, police said.
The two sisters were kept in jail overnight and were later treated at a hospital for cuts and black eyes. One of them also suffered a broken wrist, their father said.
Hatch said days after the incident that his daughters were devastated about their arrest and wanted to be held accountable for their "horrible, horrible mistake." However, he said his daughters did not assault the officers. Source: Pioneer Press, June 8, 2005
Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch will be in court today as a parent rather than as an attorney when he attends the trial of his two daughters who were involved in a scuffle with police outside a Chicago nightclub.
Anne and Elizabeth Hatch face charges of battery, resisting arrest and damaging a police car in connection with an altercation on March 27, 2004, when they were celebrating Anne Hatch's 21st birthday. All of the charges are misdemeanors.
On Tuesday, Hatch was with his daughters when they appeared in a Chicago courtroom to waive their right to a jury trial. Cook County Judge Colleen Sheehan will decide their case in a bench trial that begins at 11 a.m. today and is expected to conclude on Thursday.
Tuesday's courtroom procedure lasted only a few minutes. Hatch and his daughters did not make any public comments.
Anne Hatch was a third-year undergraduate student at Chicago's DePaul University when her 21st birthday celebration was held at the Crobar, a trendy nightclub on the city's Near North Side. According to an account given later by Mike Hatch, his two daughters and his wife, Patricia Hatch, were with a group of celebrants at the nightclub, though Patricia Hatch departed several hours before the incident with police took place.
It happened after Elizabeth Hatch, then 22 and a senior at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., was ejected from the club following an argument. One account said she argued with a man who had groped her, but the club's manager later told a reporter that she became "belligerent" after she was told she wouldn't be served any more drinks.
Outside the club, the two women became involved in a verbal confrontation with two Chicago police officers who had ordered them to leave the area. According to police, Elizabeth Hatch slapped one of the officers and knocked off his glasses and Anne Hatch scuffled with another officer and scratched him.
The attorney general later said his daughters were intoxicated, but that they denied assaulting the officers. He said Anne came to Elizabeth's aid after she saw her sister being forced to the sidewalk by an officer.
After being placed in the back of a squad car, the two women began kicking at the rear passenger window, eventually knocking it out, police said.
The two sisters were kept in jail overnight and were later treated at a hospital for cuts and black eyes. One of them also suffered a broken wrist, their father said.
Hatch said days after the incident that his daughters were devastated about their arrest and wanted to be held accountable for their "horrible, horrible mistake." However, he said his daughters did not assault the officers. Source: Pioneer Press, June 8, 2005
1 Comments:
Just like dear old dad, huh?
Looks like his kharma is catching up to him!
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