Crime & Safety

Probation For Coma Punch: Court Supervision

Joseph Messina's sentencing date was just one of the things going in court this week.

By Joseph Hosey

More than four years after he punched a man into a coma, a New Lenox man was sentenced to probation.

Joseph Messina, 25, also must turn over $20,000 of his bail money to the mother of the man he punched into a coma in July 2009, pay her $630 a month for the 30 months he is on probation, refrain from drinking and complete 250 hours of community service.

Here's what else was going on in court last week:

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