UPDATE: State Sen. Suzi Schmidt Found Not Guilty

Update, Thursday, Oct. 11:

State Sen. Suzi Schmidt, R-31st, Lake Villa, has been found not guilty of misdemeanor criminal damage to property and trespassing by a Lake County judge due insufficient evidence, reports the Lake County News-Sun.

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The trial of State Sen. Suzi Schmidt, R-31st, Lake Villa, starts Wednesday, Oct. 10.

Schmidt was arrested June 12 for misdemeanor criminal damage and criminal trespass and was served with an Emergency Stalking No Contact Order after a dispute with her neighbor, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

According to the Lake County News-Sun, the Republican lawmaker can face up to 364 days in jail and a fine up to $2,500 if she is convicted of Class A misdemeanor criminal damage to property, and up to six months in jail and a fine up to $1,500 if she is convicted of the Class B misdemeanor trespassing charge.

Schmidt will not be seeking re-election to her District 31 seat in the Illinois Senate. Republican nominee Joe Neal will face off against current Lake County Board member Melinda Bush, who is representing the Democratic party, for the 31st Senate District seat in the November election.

In Sept. 2011, Schmidt, a first-year senator who chaired the Lake County Board from 2000 to 2010, was involved in her second domestic dispute call in just over a month at the Lake Villa home she shares with her husband, according to the Huffington Post. No arrests were made in either incident.

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