Monday, August 20, 2012
Patrick McCormick received a one-year-in-jail sentence and five years probation for the death of a Chesterfield mother and injuring of her son last year.
Update Aug. 23 with clarification of St. Louis County judges retention system. Update in bold. Last Friday, Patrick McCormick, 54, of Chesterfield, was sentenced to one year in St. Louis County Jail Friday by Associate Circuit Court Judge Thomas Prebil. McCormick pleaded guilty to driving into a teacher's car while he was drunk on August 26, 2011. The head-on crash critically injured Janet Esrock and her teen son Jonathan. Esrock, 50, died two weeks later on September 11. Besides his jail and probation sentence, McCormick also must seek alcohol counseling and wear an alcohol monitoring SCRAM bracelet for one year after his release from jail. Many Patch readers took to the commenting section of our previous story to denounce what they …
Friday, August 17, 2012
Patrick McCormick of Chesterfield, who struck and killed a teacher last year, was sentenced to one year in jail and five years probation.
Patrick McCormick, 55, of Chesterfield was sentenced to one year in St. Louis County Jail Friday by Associate Circuit Court Judge Thomas Prebil. McCormick pleaded guilty to driving into a teacher's car while he was drunk on August 26, 2011. The one-year jail sentence was for a second-degree assault charge. He was also initially given five years in prison on the manslaughter charge, but the sentence was suspended and he was placed on five years probation. McCormick also must seek alcohol counseling and wear an alcohol monitoring SCRAM bracelet for one year after his release from jail. The head-on crash critically injured Janet Esrock and her teen son Jonathan. Esrock, 50, died two weeks later on September 11. Friends of the Esrock family …
A 55-year-old Chesterfield man who drove drunk into a teacher's car nearly a year ago, killing her, is due to be sentenced at 9 a.m. today in a St. Louis County court.
On August 26, 2011, Patrick McCormick, drove his car around a curve on Wildhorse Creek Road in Chesterfield and, according to officials, crossed over the center line and crashed into Janet Esrock's car head-on, critically injuring Esrock, and her teen son Jonathan. Esrock, 50, died two weeks later on September 11. Her son remained hospitalized for a few more weeks, sustaining injuries that left him several broken bones. Today, a little more than a year later, McComick is set to appear in court to receive his sentencing. McCormick plead guilty on June 22 to involuntary manslaughter and assault of second degree. He previously told the courts he was depressed, and no longer working at Saint Louis University Medical Center as director of …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
One Chesterfield resident dead, another to be sentenced over manslaughter guilt.
A 55-year-old Chesterfield man who drove drunk into a teacher's car nearly a year ago, killing her, is due to be sentenced August 17 in St. Louis County court. Patrick McCormick told the courts he was depressed, and no longer working at Saint Louis University Medical Center as director of buildings or grounds, when he pleaded guilty June 22. McCormick drove his car around a curve August 26, 2011 on Wildhorse Creek Road and according to officials, crossed over the center line and crashed into Janet Esrock's car head-on, critically injuring Esrock, and her teen son Jonathan. The mother and son were driving home from a Friday night public high school football game, a game in which Jonathan's buddy and next door neighbor played. Janet Esrock…
Friday, June 22, 2012
August 17 sentencing. Also guilty to assault in connection with injuring passenger.
Prosecutors say a Chesterfield man could face seven years in prison for causing the death of Chesterfield teacher Janet Esrock, when he drove drunk into her car on Wildhorse Creek Road. Patrick J. McCormick, 53, pleaded guilty Friday morning to first-degree involuntary manslaughter involving a DWI and second-degree assault, in St. Louis County Circuit Court. McCormick told the court he was being treated for depression, and no longer worked. He was a facilities director at Saint Louis University Medical Center. McCormick was legally drunk when he drove his car head-on into another on Wildhorse Creek Road August 26, fatally injuring 50-year-old Janet Esrock, a Whitfield School teacher, and seriously injuring her teenage son, Jon Esrock. …
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Prosecutor is same as case of Sunset Hills cop who killed four in wrong way DWI crash.
Ten months after police said Chesterfield resident Patrick J. McCormick drove his car head-on into another on Wildhorse Creek Road, killing the driver and injuring her teen son, McCormick is expected to plead guilty Friday in St. Louis County Circuit Court. The court date is set for June 22, 9am in Clayton, 7900 Carondelet Avenue. Chesterfield resident and Whitfield School teacher Janet Esrock died September 11, two weeks after the August 26 crash—having never regained consciousness. Her son, Jonathan Esrock was eventually released from hospital after multiple surgeries, and requiring extensive therapy. Get an update to your inbox, sign up for free Chesterfield Patch newsletter. Click here McCormick, 53, was charged with first-degree …
Monday, October 24, 2011
Chesterfield resident Patrick McCormick to be arraigned on charges Nov. 9 in St. Louis County courts.
A St. Louis County Grand Jury indictment was unsealed in court last week in connection with the crash that killed Chesterfield resident and Whitfield School teacher Janet Esrock. McCormick is scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 9 on the two criminal counts in St. Louis Circuit Court. The indictment against Patrick McCormick, 53, of Chesterfied, includes identical criminal charges to those filed by prosecutors in the case, First Degree Involuntary Manslaughter and Second Degree Assault, according to the office of state courts administrator website CASENET. The indictment came down on Wed., Oct. 19, according to CASENET. Authorities said McCormick was intoxicated and driving on the wrong side of the road August 26 when he struck a car driven by …
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Patrick McCormick was out of custody one day after warrant issued on charges of manslaughter and assault DWI in a crash that killed a Chesterfield teacher and injured her son.
A Chesterfield man charged in the Aug. 26 car crash on Wild Horse Creek Road in Chesterfield that led to the death of Chesterfield school teacher Janet Esrock, was free on reduced bail Thursday afternoon. Patrick McCormick, 53, left St. Louis County jail in Clayton after posting $10,000 or ten percent of his $100,000 bond. He turned himself in to St. Louis County police Wednesday afternoon. McCormick was charged Wednesday morning with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and second-degree assault DWI. Judge Lawrence J. Permurter, Jr. granted the routine bail motion Thursday morning after McCormick’s attorney Scott Rosenblum filed it. Rosenblum did not return a phone call left at his office. Jail records show McCormick left the jail about …
Carlos Restrepo
4:25 am on Friday, August 24, 2012
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