By PF Staff
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Lake County, IL. – Robert Crimo Jr., 59, entered a negotiated “guilty” plea on seven counts of reckless conduct, a class A misdemeanor. Crimo Jr.’s plea includes 60 days in the Lake County Jail, 24-month probation, and the surrendering of his FOID card and all his firearms.
Crimo Jr. was first charged in December 2022, after prosecutors and Highland Park police officers said Crimo Jr. was criminally reckless in 2019, when he signed and executed an affidavit in support of his son, Robert Crimo III’s, application for a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card (FOID). Crimo Jr. put aside the concerns he had about his son and sponsored his son’s ability to obtain a weapon that would endanger people’s lives.
After today’s court hearing, Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart first expressed his condolences to those who have suffered and went on to say about the Defendant:
“Robert Crimo, Jr., made the reckless and dangerous decision to sponsor his son’s FOID application. This wasn’t a fishing license. This wasn’t a permission slip to go to the museum, this was a permission slip for his son to buy an assault rifle. And when he signed this permission slip, he knew exactly how dangerous it was for this 19-year-old to have a weapon.
Today, the legal system has found that Robert Crimo Jr. bears responsibility for endangering many and Mr. Crimo Jr., himself, has agreed it was a crime. Today, we know the father of the Highland Park shooter will receive certain punishment for that decision.
Today, parents bear a forceful responsibility for their decisions to allow their children access to weapons, especially when they are acutely aware of the potential consequences to themselves and society.”