The president of the Foss Park District Board in North Chicago pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge for voting twice in the 2014 primary election.
Under a negotiated agreement approved by Judge Christy Bishop, Donna King was sentenced to supervision, with terms stipulating that she perform 20 hours of community service and pay a $100 fine and $50 in court costs. The charge of disregarding the election code can be punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500.
King, who pleaded guilty to the single count at her first court appearance on the matter, did not respond when asked for comment after she entered the plea.
Assistant State’s Attorney Ken LaRue said King voted twice in the 2014 primary election, once when she voted early on March 13 and again on Election Day, which was March 18. Officials said she was not on the ballot in the primary election.
Bishop accepted the plea deal, noting that King has no prior offenses. If King successfully completes the terms of her supervision, the judge said there will be no permanent record of the guilty plea.
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In an unrelated incident, two Foss Park District employees who were accused of stealing gifts intended for a Toys for Tots charity giveaway were placed on leave without pay last month.
King and park board commissioners Jimmy Baldwin and Bernard Semasko voted in favor of placing Tommie Kindle and Mark Dixon on leave. Commissioner Vernon McKinley voted against the action.
Dixon and Kindle, both 28, were charged in January with felony theft after authorities said they removed about 100 toys that had been brought to a park district facility by members of the Marine Corps for distribution to needy children before Christmas.
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