WISCONSIN/ILLINOIS
Enquirer-Herald
The Associated Press
WAUKEGAN, Ill. —
A Benedictine monk from Wisconsin who faces charges he tried to abduct four Illinois girls has been released on bond.
A Lake County judge lowered 57-year-old Thomas Chmura’s bail from $150,000 to $50,000. Chmura previously was held in the Lake County jail since May 2. Chmura has pleaded not guilty. He lived at St. Benedict’s Abbey in Benet Lake, Wis. He was arrested based on a description provided by one of the girls.
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