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Oct. 5 trial a go (for now) in fatal DePue shooting · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  October fifth trial a go for now, in fatal depu shooting Written
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  by Tom Collins. This article is being read by an automated voice,
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  brought to you by Everlett. A Princeton man awaits trial October 5th
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  on charges stemming from the Mother's Day shooting in rural Dupu. A
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  three-year-old was killed by gunfire, but Anthony Rodriguez may first have to
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  undergo another mental health exam. Rodriguez forty two appeared Monday in Bureau
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  County Circuit Court for a final pretrial conference. He faces up to
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  five years in prison if convicted of aggravated unlawful restraint. He is
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  also charged with misdemeanor assault and domestic battery. The charges were filed
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  after a domestic disturbance that took a lethal turn. Prosecutors allege Rodriguez
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  refused to release a woman and two children when so instructed by
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  responding police. Police entered and fired, striking and killing Damian Camacho. Neither
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  Rodriguez nor any officer is charged with homicide. Monday Rodriguez was set
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  to argue a motion for change of venue, that is, to move
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  the case out of Bureau County. Instead, public defender Eric May withdrew
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  that motion. Rodriguez wants to preserve his right to A speedy trial
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  over any pretrial matters. But one pretrial issue could force Circuit Judge
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  Gino Cafferini to postpone the trial anyway. May has raised the possibility
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  that Rodriguez was insane at the time of the offense. A mental
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  health evaluation requested by the defense is pending. If prosecutors disagree with
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  the forthcoming report, then Rodriguez would have to sit for a new
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  evaluation at the request of the State. In that scenario, there would
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  be no October fifth trial. Rodriguez's right to speedy trial would be
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  suspended, tolled, in legal parlance, and he'd be placed back on the
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  trial call after the second evaluation was completed. Rodriguez and the attorneys
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  will learn more at a new final pretrial conference now set for
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  10 30 a.m. Friday, September 25th.