Defendant David Hampton was arrested after his lawyer, former Will County judge Dave Carlson, was taken away from his home by the Will County Sheriff's Office warrants division shortly after midnight. Hampton is accused of aggravated DUI and reckless homicide in connection with the May 5, 2025 traffic fatality that killed his wife, Nichelle Hampton, who was the medical director at WellBe Senior. The Will County State's Attorney's Office has filed a petition to keep Hampton in custody. Hampton's lawyer, Carlson, demanded immediate release of his client from the jail and given Carlson more time to prepare for the SAFE-T-Act pretrial hearing detention. The accident occurred on St. Francis Road in Frankfort, Illinois, with David Hampson in the driver's seat and Nichelle in the passenger seat. Prosecutors allege that David Hampton crossed into the wrong lane of traffic and his BAC was.138.