Man's False Arrest Suit Tossed Out

February 16, 2000 | By Lola Smallwood, Tribune Staff Writer.

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A U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday threw out a wrongful arrest lawsuit
filed against a Will County police investigator and top county official by a
Manhattan Township man acquitted in the shooting death of his wife.

Raymond Nugent Jr., 37, filed suit seeking an undisclosed amount in

damages after a jury acquitted him of the Aug. 6, 1996, shooting of his wife,
Cheryl, in the couple's home.

The lawsuit, filed in March, alleged Nugent was falsely arrested, endured
malicious prosecution and suffered intentional infliction of emotional
distress as a result of his arrest and indictment. Nugent's suit also accused
Will County Coroner Patrick O'Neil and Will County Sheriff's Investigator Related Articles
Edward Haynes of withholding evidence and misleading witnesses,

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 prosecutors and forensic pathologists involved in the investigation of his
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However, District Judge Elaine E. Bucklo disagreed. February 11, 2006

In a 10-page opinion released Monday, Bucklo said Will County officials had
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not acted inappropriately and had rightly proceeded in their investigation of
Nugent and that "there was probable cause to try Mr. Nugent for the murder slaying
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"Because Mr. Nugent cannot establish that there was no probable cause for Aurora man
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to the level of intentional infliction of emotional distress . . . Mr. Nugent's
motion is moot," the order says. Missing girl's mother faces murder
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Ray Nugent had found Cheryl Nugent near death in bed with a gunshot
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wound to the head.
Nugent told police he heard the gunshot after leaving the bedroom to shave Man fails to show up for prison
and shower in anticipation of a family outing to the state fair. Nugent told term
police that he had removed the gun from his wife's hand, clothed her and February 5, 2002
covered her with a blanket.
Police investigated and a grand jury indicted Nugent on a first-degree
murder charge.
During his trial, Nugent claimed his wife suffered from depression and took
her own life.

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