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Robert Crimo III willingly waived his right to remain silent
while speaking to police, and there was no “coercion, deceit or
intimidation” to prevent him from talking to a lawyer, Lake
County Judge Victoria Rossetti said.
Crimo's defense team had argued that a lawyer hired by his
family was at the police station following the shooting but that
investigators wouldn't let them meet, a violation of
constitutional rights.
The judge, however, noted that video shows Crimo saying he
didn't want to stop the police interview to speak to a lawyer.
Rossetti described the interview as “conversational and
non-threatening with an informal and relaxed atmosphere.”
“I've heard them a million times,” Crimo said at one point about
his rights.
Authorities have said Crimo, 24, confessed to the Highland Park
shooting. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges, including
multiple first-degree murder counts. Jury selection in the trial
is scheduled to start Feb. 24.
Dozens of people were wounded, including an 8-year-old boy who
was left partially paralyzed. There was panic as families fled
the parade through downtown Highland Park, a suburb of about
30,000 people near Lake Michigan.
Those killed in the attack were Katherine Goldstein, 64;
Jacquelyn Sundheim, 63; Stephen Straus, 88; Nicolas
Toledo-Zaragoza, 78; Eduardo Uvaldo, 69; and married couple
Kevin McCarthy, 37, and Irina McCarthy, 35.
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