Sheryl Perry had a party, then drove, then killed…

From Chicago Tribune
A Romeoville woman admitted she had been drinking when she fatally struck a motorist — the longtime boyfriend of a well-known Chicago jazz singer — as he stood on the shoulder of Mannheim Road after his car ran out of gas, according to Cook County prosecutors and family friends.

Sheryl Perry, 21, was charged with aggravated DUI involving a death, a felony, and ticketed for failure to avoid a pedestrian, driving an uninsured vehicle and illegal transport of alcohol. Judge Edward Harmening set bond Monday at $200,000 for Perry, who has no criminal background.

The victim, Marek Bajson, 49, was on his way to meet a friend early Saturday before a ski trip to Colorado when his car ran out of gas and he pulled to the shoulder in the 5800 block of North Mannheim Road, just east of O’Hare International Airport. ….MORE