Zimmerman’s new attorney picks up where former attorney left off

Posted on October 22, 2015

Kirk Zimmerman enters the courtroom for a hearing on a motion in his murder case. (Pool photo)

By Joe Ragusa

BLOOMINGTON – Criminal proceedings against murder suspect Kirk Zimmerman have resumed now that he has a new attorney.

John Rogers of St. Louis was hired earlier this month after Zimmerman’s previous attorney, Stephanie Wong, was dismissed because she at one point represented three witnesses the state plans on calling to the stand. Those witnesses were being investigated as potential suspects at the time.

Rogers told Judge Scott Drazewski he intends to continue pursuing a motion to reduce bond and a motion to block Zimmerman’s bank records from being admitted into evidence. A hearing on those motions was scheduled for Nov. 9.

Zimmerman was arrested on murder charges in July for the shooting death of his ex-wife Pamela in November 2014.

Joe Ragusa can be reached at [email protected].

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