Lawyers Talk Plea Deal For Judge's Son Charged With Brutalizing Girlfriend

The lawyer for a Will County judge’s son charged with brutalizing his girlfriend met behind closed doors with a special prosecutor and a Grundy County judge to discuss a possible plea deal.

Louis Goode, 30, waited for his case to be called while sitting alongside the girlfriend he allegedly beat and locked in the trunk of a car more than a year ago. The girlfriend, Tanya Brandolino, also 30, had obtained a protective court order that forbade Goode from contacting her. Grundy County Judge Robert Marsaglia put the entire case file for the protective order under wraps in December 2014, essentially making the matter disappear from public view.

The month before that, Judge Marsaglia amended the conditions of Goode’s bond so he could again enjoy the company of his girlfriend and their son.

Brandolino got a lawyer of her own last month. The attorney, Vincent Cornelius, was also present for Goode’s hearing Wednesday at the Grundy County Courthouse.

The case was moved from Joliet to Morris because Goode’s mother, Carla Alessio Policandriotes, is a Will County judge.

Goode was jailed in October 2014 on charges of unlawful restraint, aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery. Goode was released from custody after Marsaglia reduced his bond from $50,000 to $20,000, and his stepfather, Will County Sheriff’s Detective Tony Policandriotes, bailed him out.

The night before he was arrested and into the following morning, Goode allegedly battered and harassed Brandolino, at one point locking her in the trunk of a car before letting her out and heading to bed.

In the morning, Judge Alessio Policandriotes dropped by the Joliet house where Goode and Brandolino, as well their son, her child and her parents, were living, police said. While it’s not clear whether Alessio Policandriotes saw any of the alleged attack — and the sheriff’s department has refused to release police reports on the matter — Brandolino accused the judge of looking on as her son threatened to kill her.

“She got out of the car and said Lou get in the car,” Brandolino said in her petition for the protective order against Goode.

“He then threw the phone into the garage (and) he said in front of his mother I’m going to kill you you’ll never get custody of your son better get a good lawyer,” Brandolino said.

Judge Alessio Policandriotes then drove her son to the first — and only — day of his new job at the Will County courthouse, where he was hired to work as an office assistant. Goode managed to land the job despite being on probation for pleading guilty to a felony cocaine case in Missouri.

Prosecutors in Missouri filed to revoke Goode’s probation there. He faces a possible seven year prison sentence.

Goode is due to appear in Callaway County, Missouri, court later this month.

Court records show that Goode appeared “in person” for a May 19 court date in Grundy County. He had two more hearings between then and Wednesday for which his “presence (was) waived,” according to the docket.

Charles Colburn, the special prosecutor appointed to the case, said Goode was actually present for court in the last six and a half months.