SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Jenny Thornley, a member of the Illinois State Police Merit Board, sued the board in Sangamon County Court, claiming it illegally closed an emergency meeting after she “reported allegations of a physical sexual assault and other ethical misconduct against the executive director of the board, (nonparty) Jack Garcia.”
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