INTHE CIRCUIT COURT SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS SANGAMON COUNTY, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. CRIMINAL DIVISION ‘THE PEOPLE OF THE ST. ) OF ILLINOIS CaseNo, —2022-CP-A112 FILED ORDER DENYING BAIL PURSUANT TO, Nov 1 72022 SILCS 5/110-6.1 bd Sonsi0e ‘Cause comes on for hearing on the People’s Petition for Denial of Bail pursuant to 738°" SHANE J. Woops, ) ) ) , ) Defendant ) ) TLCS 5/110-61 and the People present by Sangamon County State's Attomey Dan Wright, Defendant appears in person and by counsel, Dan Fultz, The Court, being filly advised in the premises, FINDS as follows 1. The Defendant is charged with the ofenses of First Degree Murder (Class M Felony), Aggravated Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (Death ~ Class 2 Felony), ‘Aggravated Diving Under the Influence of Alcohol (Geeat Bodily Harm ~ Class 4 Felony) and Aggravated Fleing and Ehading a Peace Officer (Bodily Injury = Class 4 Felony) arising from a fatal atic collision on November 8, 2022 while diving northbound against oncoming southbound traffic on Interstate $5 in Sangamon County, ios. 2. The Defendant was booked into the Sangemon County Jail on November 11, 2022 following release from Memorial Medical Center in Springfield 3. On November 16, 2022, the Sangamon County Grand Jury returned an Indictment on the 1charges enumerated in Paragraph 1. The Defendant remains in the custody of the Sangamon County lal with bond previously set in the amount of $2 million Cash bail was set in this matter on November 12, 2022 based upon the offenses enumerated in the November 11, 2022 Field Booking and Probable Cause Statement (attached tothe People's Petition to Deny Bal as Exhibit “A") pio othe Noverber 16, 2022 return ofthe Grand Jury Indictment onthe charge of First Degree Murder. As charged by, the Defendant isnot eligible for probation on Count I ofthe Grand Jury Indictment which alleges the offense of Fest Degree Murder pursuant t9 720 ILCS 5/9. 1192). “The People have proffered evidence based upon vuriten reports ofthe Ilinois State Police and Divemon Police Department including statements made by the Defendant both before trafic collision on Interstate $5 causing the death of and aller the November 8, 2022 fa cone victim and great boxy harm to «¥ other vit The Defendant was identified atthe scene as the driver of @ 2018 GMC tuck diving northbound against oncoming southbound trafic on Interstate $5. Divernon Polie Officer P. Hurley's writen report states that the Defendant made numerous statements indiatve of am intent to en his li and that he was “worth more dead than alive". The Office's eport further states that dhe Defendant was asked to exit the vehicle, but nstad start is ck and fled the scene of the tlie stop. According to Olficer Hurley's repent he personally observe the Defendant then proceed to drive the tuck iva northbound direction eainst oncoming southbound fle on Interstate 55. Officer Hurley's epor furthers states that he then observed a “ball of fire in the southbound lanes of 5.” Officer Hurley reported that 2he proceeded 10 the scene of the collision and identified the Defendant as the same individual involved nthe traffic stop just moments before the deadly collision. When Otter Hurley approsched the scene ofthe collision and called out forthe Defendant, Harley roprts thatthe Defendant shouted back “Fuck you! Fuck You!” 8 Following ansportation of the Defendant to Springfield Memorial Hospital, Ulnos State Police Trooper B. Keane heard the Defendant make a statement that he “intended on crashing his vehicle into a tack tractor semistaile:” Trooper Keane documented the Defendant's statement in a writen report proleed tothe Cour. 9. Trooper Keane's repot aso states that the Defendant's blood alcohol concentration a the hospital was.177 10. The evidence proffered by the People establishes thatthe Defendant made statements before and after the fatal collision on Interstate $5 which establish his intent to enter upon the highway for the purpose of striking another vehicle with Knowledge that sid acts create a substantial probability of great bodily harm or death to othe persons 11, Pursuant to 725 ILCS 5/110-6.1, the Court may deny bail when a defendant is charged with a non-probatonable felony offense and the defendant poses real and presen threat to the physical safety of any person or persons. 12. The proo is evident thatthe Defendant committed the offense of Fest Degree Murer in tat the evidence proffered by the People establishes tha the charged ats were performed by the Defendant, withthe intent to collide with another vehicle on Interstate $5 causing the death of Lauren Wegner. 13. The Defendant is alleged f0 have committed the charged offenses while on release apending sentencing inthe United Stats District Court for the Distt of Columbia on January 13, 2022 in Criminal Case Number 21-or-476. ‘The Defendant pleaded guilty on September 9, 2022 to the offenses of “Striking, Beating, and Wounding within the Terstrial Jurisdiction ofthe United Stats, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 115(@)(4" and “Assaulting, Resisting, oF Impeding Certain Offices, in violation of Tile 18 United States Code, Section 111(a)(1)" ats from acts commited dusing his participation in the January 6, 2021 riot atthe U.S. Capitol. Atached to the People's Petition to Deny Bail a8 Group Exhibit “B" ae the Supersedng Indictment in Criminal Case No, 21-6476 (US. Dist Ct. DC) corresponding Statement af Offense, and Plea Agreement related tothe Defendant's plea faulty. Under the circumstances ofthe offenses charged herein and the federal offenses for which the Defendant is pending sentencing, the Defendant poses areal and present thea tothe physial safety oF himself and all persons he may encounter if eleased prior tt [As a consequence of the foregoing, there is no condition or combination of prescial release conions that can reasonably assure the physical safety ofthe Defendant and any petsons he may encounter if leased on bal WHEREFORE, the Court ORDERS: ‘The Defendant is remanded to the custody ofthe Sangamon County Jil pending tia The Defendant shall be given a reasonable opportunity for private consultation with counsel and for communication with other of his choice by visitation, mail, an telepone; and©. The Sangamon County Sheff is ordered to deliver the Defendant as reguited for appearances in connection with court proceedings. eer Ht. 2