Whitley Wants to Hide

This probably shouldn't be allowed to happen, but it's Cook County so she'll probably be granted it:

• The woman found not guilty by reason of insanity after running over a Chicago police officer with his own squad car is now asking the court to let her start anew—by changing her name.

  Whitley Temple, who was acquitted last year of attempting to murder Officer Ed Poppish during a bizarre 2022 West Side encounter, filed a petition on July 11 to legally change her first name to “Michelle,” according to Cook County court records.

  Temple, 36, was accused of violently carjacking Poppish’s squad car in the 4400 block of West Jackson after he stopped to help her. Poppish said he found Temple partially undressed and lying in the street as he responded to a shots fired call.

She ran over the Officer with the squad car and fled the scene at over 90 MPH before crashing into numerous cars.

Then she went to trial....and was found to be insane while the judge accused CPD Officers of emailing her anonymous threats and doxxing her address. Funnily enough, not a single CR number was generated and ZERO complaints were filed with the Cook County Sheriffs' Office....you know, the people in charge of protecting and investigating threats against judges. Nothing at all.

And during the trial - or "trial" if you prefer - it was discovered Whitley had somehow been hired as "a lead accountant for the City of Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services" while on bond for an Attempted Murder charge. Over $85K in salary while high on crack cocaine, stealing city property and attempting to murder a Police Officer.

Turns out she did campaign work for Cook County Board president Prickwrinkle, so there's the political connection. She'll be granted her name change in an attempt to conceal her criminal drug-addicted past.There's not much anyone can do about it besides spreading the work by linking the CWB story and anything you can find in our archives - that way, both her names are always connected somewhere before she disappears into the City or County payrolls again.