WOODSTOCK – Moments after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl, a former Lake in the Hills man swallowed something in an apparent suicide attempt.

After tipping back an envelope made of notebook paper and pouring a small, granule-like substance into his mouth, Robert W. Lucht, 56, turned toward his two sisters and a son as they hugged.

As they embraced, Lucht spit a bit of the substance on the sweater of one of his sisters. He wiped it off with his hand before taking his seat at the defense table again.