News Follow Up - July 9, 2010

Christopher Coleman will appear today at the Monroe County Courthouse. Another pre-trial motion hearing for State’s Attorney Kris Reitz and defense attorney John O’Gara is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in front of Judge Milton Wharton. The hearing will allow the attorneys to further discuss the procedural details of the upcoming October trial of Coleman, who is charged with three counts of first-degree murder. Coleman’s wife, Sheri, and sons Gavin and Garett, were found murdered on May 5, 2009. Christopher was arrested May 19, 2009 and charged, but he pleaded not guilty to the accusations. He is being detained at the Monroe County Jail without bond awaiting his trial. Reitz is seeking the death penalty.

Christopher Coleman leaves in the Monroe County Courthouse in the back of a Sheriff’s Department patrol car following a pre-trial hearing earlier this spring.             – photo by Bob Haentzler