ILLINOIS
Daily Herald

By Lee Filas

The trial of a monk accused of trying to lure teenage girls into his car in Antioch has been pushed back to September.

In the meantime, prosecutor Victor O’Block said Thomas Chmura, 57, has been compliant with court-ordered restrictions while free on $50,000 bond.

“There was a mix-up with pretrial services because they were dialing the wrong number (when trying to reach him),” O’Block said after attorneys pushed the trial pushed back to Sept. 25. “But, it’s been worked out. He has been compliant while out.”

Chmura was freed from jail after Lake County Judge Christopher Stride lowered his bond from $150,000 to $50,000 in May. Stride ordered Chmura to live with his father in Lansing, Ill., remain on 24-hour curfew, and wear an ankle-monitoring device at all times.

A fourth condition of his bail is to not have contact with anyone under…