After over two years of delays, two New Lenox business owners are set for trial in a Will County court this week for several alleged fraud and forgery charges that were dropped over the summer and refiled by the state.

Will County prosecutors on Monday dismissed charges of theft by deception and burglary against Jeffery Regnier, the owner of Kee Firearms and Training, and Greta Keranen, with Kee Construction. But three of the five charges they refiled in August remain.

Laura Byrne, a spokesperson for the Will County state’s attorney’s office, declined to comment or clarify the decision to drop the charges, saying the matter is pending and the trial is ongoing.

Regnier and Keranen still face a forgery charge, and Keranen is also charged with loan fraud and wire fraud. Both waived th

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