Judge finds Dolton mayor in ‘indirect criminal contempt' in liquor license case

Dolton's mayor returned to a Cook County courtroom Friday after not meeting a judge's deadline to sign liquor licenses for a local business.

Mayor Tiffany Henyard signed the licenses after Cook County Judge Cecilia Horan threatened her with contempt.

Business owner Tiffany Kamara took legal action when she said she was not able to obtain liquor licenses from Henyard, who also serves as liquor commissioner.

Kamara said the licenses were needed to open St. Patrick’s, a new family-owned restaurant and banquet hall on Lincoln Avenue in Dolton.

"This should have been over in November," Kamara said.

On Wednesday, Judge Horan gave Henyard until 5 p.m. Thursday to sign the licenses. The deadline was not met.

After the documents were signed Friday in court, Judge Horan found Henyard in indirect criminal contempt, but Henyard was not taken into custody.