The indictment charges Robert Crimo Jr. with seven counts of reckless conduct. Prosecutors have said he helped his son, Robert Crimo III, obtain a gun license years before the Illinois shooting, even though the then-19-year-old had threatened violence.
At a brief hearing last month, prosecutors had told Judge George Strickland at a Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan, north of Highland Park, they needed more time to present evidence to the grand jury.
"Parents who help their kids get weapons of war are morally and legally responsible when those kids hurt others with those weapons," Rinehart said. Rinehart has previously said the accusations against the father are based on his sponsorship of his son's application for a gun license in December 2019. Authorities say Robert Crimo III attempted suicide by machete in April 2019 and in September 2019 was accused by a family member of making threats to"kill everyone.
Authorities say Illinois State Police reviewed the son's gun license application and found no reason to deny it because he had no arrests, no criminal record, no serious mental health problems, no orders of protection and no other behavior that would disqualify him.— in part because it's difficult to prove such charges.
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