Article: JURY INDICTS WRESTLER SON IN FATAL HEADLOCK ON DAD | INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER: PROSECUTORS RECONSIDER FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE AGAINST 18-YEAR-OLD

Instead of first-degree murder, a Mundelein teen-ager accused of choking his father to death has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Dennis Lortie, 18, was indicted on the less serious charge Wednesday by a Lake County grand jury.

He was held overnight in the Lake County Jail in lieu of bail, 10 percent of a $500,000 bond, but that amount could be reduced at a hearing today.

Lortie was charged with first-degree murder immediately after the June 26 incident.

Assistant State's Attorney Stephen Scheller said interviews with Mundelein police and a review of incident reports led prosecutors to seek an involuntary manslaughter indictment.

Involuntary manslaughter is a probationable ...

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