Union County State's Attorney Passes Polygraph Over Process Server

Union County State's Attorney Allen W. James said the truth is in the test, and that he passed it twice.

James said he recently took two voluntary polygraph tests in an effort to prove his innocence against allegations that he knowingly pointed a .380 semi-automatic handgun at a man attempting to serve him with a federal subpoena earlier this year.

Christopher Dees, an investigator working for a private company, contends he was attempting to serve James with a subpoena regarding a lawsuit filed by a former state's attorney's office employee the morning of March 19. As Dees approached James, in the parking lot of the Union County Courthouse, James allegedly pulled the gun and pointed it at him, Dees contends.

Dees filed his complaint with the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) on Sept. 9.

James said he doesn't deny carrying the concealed weapon or pointing it at the private investigator, however, he denies having prior knowledge of who Dees was or why he was approaching.

The polygraph test was conducted by Dennis Smith of Herrin, who recently retired from the Illinois State Police.

"He is the person we would send people to and we trusted him," James said. "So, if we trusted him from the prosecutor's standpoint then I might as well trust him from the other side, as well."