Saturday, May 11, 2013
Here's a round-up of recent, bizarre police report items from the area.
NAPERVILLE Sometime between May 3 and May 6, someone entered a recreation facility in the 800 block of Corday Drive by bending a small sliding bar latch. Once inside, the subject defecated on the floor of the gym's women's restroom, police said. ST. CHARLES Tye Preston Warden, 47, of the 900 block of North Highland Avenue, Aurora, was charged at 10:11 a.m. May 3 on the 500 block of Randall Road, with driving while license revoked, a Class 4 felony, and violating the electronic home monitoring program, a Class 3 felony. He also was issued a written warning for disobeying a traffic light, the original reason police stopped Warden. BURR RIDGE A resident on the 6100 block of Garfield Avenue received "inappropriate" text messages from an …
Friday, May 10, 2013
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests called on the Archdiocese of Chicago Thursday to take action against ex-priest Russell L. Romano.
Members of SNAP—Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests—want Russell L. Romano to be fired. Romano, who currently lives in Bolingbrook, works as a counselor for Advocate Health Care in the Illinois Professional Heath Program in Des Plaines, according to SNAP. He is listed on the Archdiocese of Chicago website as a priest with "substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct with minors." Romano was ordained in 1973 and laicized in May 2009, according to the site. In July 2009, it was revealed that Romano left the church in 1991 after three boys reported abuse, according to ABC. Romano was then serving at St. Barbara's in Brookfield. He was never formally charged with sexual abuse. SNAP members gathered in front of the Archdiocese of…
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Lemont Police Chief Kevin Shaughnessy said the girl was charged with disorderly conduct after admitted to writing a threatening message on the school's exterior wall Sunday.
UPDATED, May 8 A middle school girl is facing criminal charges after assuming responsibility for a bomb threat written outside Oakwood School on Sunday, according to Lemont police. Lemont Police Chief Kevin Shaughnessy confirmed Wednesday that the girl was charged with disorderly conduct and will be tried in Cook County juvenile court. The girl also faces possible consequences at school. Students who damage school property and/or engage in threatening activities could face suspension or even expulsion, according to the district handbook. Officials in Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A said the student came forward Tuesday and admitted to writing a message in chalk that indicated Oakwood would be bombed May 7. The note was …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Callers are telling victims they are from the Internal Revenue Service, the Cook County Sheriff reports.
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is warning of a phone scam where callers threaten victims with arrest and/or deportation if they do not pay up. Cook County Sheriff’s Police have received a number of reports from the unincorporated Des Plaines area of unknown callers telling victims they are from the Internal Revenue Service or a collection agency. The callers tell the victims, all of whom are originally from India, that they could be arrested or deported if they do not send the “payments owed.” The callers often speak to the victims in various Indian languages. Average individual losses have been in the thousands. In some cases, victims were instructed to make payments via Green Dot MoneyPak reloadable debit cards. Sheriff Dart …
Monday, May 6, 2013
School officials said they have found no evidence to substantiate a chalk message that claimed Oakwood would explode Tuesday.
Officials in Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A said heightened security measures will continue at Oakwood School on Tuesday—two days after police found a bomb threat written in chalk on one of the building's exterior walls. Lemont police were present at both Oakwood and River Valley schools Monday morning in light of the threat, which was discovered Sunday afternoon by an officer patrolling the area. The message indicated that Oakwood would be bombed on Tuesday. Although the threat was specific to Oakwood, River Valley—which shares a campus with Oakwood—took the same precautionary measures. The Cook County Sheriff's K-9 Unit searched the interior and exterior of both schools Monday morning, and found no evidence of a bomb, …
Police officers will be present at Oakwood School on Monday and Tuesday after finding a threatening message written in chalk on the school's exterior wall, officials said.
Two cars were badly damaged and three people were injured in a T-bone crash near Lemont Road and 97th Street on Friday night, authorities said.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Police officers will be present at Oakwood School on Monday and Tuesday after finding a threatening message written in chalk on the school's exterior wall, officials said.
The Lemont Police Department is investigating a bomb threat at Oakwood School after finding a message written on one of the building's exterior walls. District 113A officials were notified of the threat Sunday afternoon after a police officer patroling Oakwood discovered a message written in chalk that indicated the school would be bombed Tuesday, police said. In an email to parents Sunday night, principals from Oakwood and River Valley said their schools would remain open Monday, as police have found no evidence of a bomb. "At this time all agencies involved conclude that there is not a credible threat to our students or staff and recommend we follow our regular schedule," Oakwood Principal Cathy Slee said in the email. To ensure student …
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DARIEN April 14: Juan Delacruz, 25, of the 200 block of Radcliff, Bolingbrook, was arrested on the 8100 block of Cass Avenue at 10:01 p.m. Delacruz was charged with driving under the influence, illegal transportation of alcoholic liquor, suspended/revoked registration and speeding. Delacruz was processed and released with a May 21 court date in Wheaton. April 12: Kevin Kallenback, 25, of the 15000 block of Wingate, Homer Glen, was arrested on the 7100 block of Cass Avenue at 4:30 a.m. He was charged with driving under the influence, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, speeding and improper lane usage. Kallenback was processed and released with a May 21 court date in Wheaton. April 7: Ivan Glibko, 57, of the 2500 block of West Cortez, …
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Here's a round-up of recent, bizarre police report items from the area.
To read the full version of each incident below, click on that town's specific headline. DOWNERS GROVE Police at 12:09 a.m. April 27 responded to a disturbance outside a business on the 2100 block of 63rd Street. After it was over, police were approached by an unknown woman who said there was a man inside the bathroom with a serious injury. The man had a visibly swollen lip and appeared somewhat dazed. He had a large bump on the back of his head and a small amount of bleeding, but did not remember anything. He was not sure why police were speaking to him and did not remember being picked up off the floor. An officer requested medics. "We questioned several people, but no one was able to give any information about what may have happened," …
Ben D. Banana
8:32 am on Monday, May 13, 2013
So the police were involved in texting and missing garbage sticker "crimes"? People are idiots! more ›