Saturday, July 14, 2012
The following is a selection of police-related items reported in area Patches recently. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Buffalo Grove Man Charged After Fireworks Cause Large Brush Fire A brush fire northwest of Buffalo Grove and Aptakisic roads destroyed grass and wiped out power to thousands of residents, but no lives or homes were harmed in the blaze. The fire was started by fireworks and quickly consumed about 15 acres of Commonwealth Edison property July 8. Police charged Gabriel R. Horwich, 20, of 424 Cedar Court North, Buffalo Grove, with criminal damage to property by reckless means of a fire — a Class 4 felony. Horwich was charged after an off-duty police officer from Morton Grove saw four people who had allegedly been using illegal fireworks running from the scene around 1 p.m. on Buffalo Grove Road between Aptakisic Road and Brandywyn Lane, …
Saturday, May 19, 2012
The following is a selection of police-related items reported in area Patches recently. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Palatine May 17 A no-bond first degree murder arrest warrant has been obtained by the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department for Vidal Rodriguez, aka “Chi-Town”, of the 80 block of Carriage Hill Road in Wheeling, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Thursday. Rodriguez, 20, is wanted for an unprovoked murder that occurred on May 12 at approximately 9:30 a.m. in the Whispering Winds apartment complex located near the southeast corner of Lake-Cook Road and IL Route 53 in Unincorporated Palatine Township. He has previous arrests in his history and is a member of the Maniac Latin Disciples. Rodriguez is believed to be with a girlfriend, Corina Velazquez-Gonzalez, 17, of Wheeling, who was reported missing by her mother about the same …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
The following is a selection of police-related items reported in area Patches recently. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Barrington Hills May 10 A Barrington Hills couple was found dead Thursday, May 10 in an apparent murder-suicide. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the couple as Julianne Damato, 47, and Joseph Damato, 56. Police were at their home at the end of Lakeview Lane early Thursday morning. When police searched the home, they found Jospeh Damato dead in the garage, and found Julianne Damato dead in the second floor master bedroom. Julianne Damato died of multiple gunshot wounds. Joseph Damato died from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Lake Bluff May 5 An animal that looked like a cougar was seen running into the woods in the 300 block of Wimbledon Court at 1:30 p.m. May 5. Police said that a landscaper told them that his son was …
Saturday, May 5, 2012
The following is a selection of police-related items reported in area Patches recently. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Crystal Lake May 2 Two people were killed Thursday in a plane crash near the Lake in the Hills Airport, Crystal Lake police said. The Northwest Herald reports Hugh Scott Clark, 65, of Lake Forest, and Paul San Filippo, 82, of Grayslake, died in the accident and "were in the front seats of the plane when it crashed." A witness on the scene said they heard a loud noise and saw the plane make a sharp bank from the south to the north before going down. The witness said that the plane might have lost power. Lake Forest May 3 Former Lake Forest High School quarterback Tommy Rees will face four misdemeanor counts resulting from his arrest at a house party at the University of Notre Dame early Thursday morning, according to a report by the Chicago…
Saturday, April 28, 2012
The following is a selection of police-related items reported in area Patches recently. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Wheeling April 24 A school bus was sent careening into a Wheeling neighborhood April 24 after colliding with a Honda Civic near Dundee Road and Schoenbeck Road. No children were on the bus at the time. The bus was headed north on Schoenbeck Road at about 3:30 p.m. and had a greenlight, said Duane Madsen, a school crossing guard who saw the crash. Madsen said the Civic came through the intersection on Dundee Road. The bus hit the front of the Civic, went off the west side of Schoenbeck, plowed through a fence and line of shrubbery before striking the home of Don Johnson, a 24-year resident of Wheeling. The drivers of both vehicles were taken to Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights. Long Grove April 24 Officials are …
Saturday, April 21, 2012
The following is a selection of police-related items reported in area Patches during the last week. The information was supplied by the Palatine, Buffalo Grove, Barrington an Lake Zurich police departments. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does
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Saturday, April 21, 2012
Buffalo Grove Lincolnshire police are investigating reports that a Stevenson High School administrator sent inappropriate text messages. The Chicago Tribune reported that the messages were sent to a student. Stevenson High School Dean Paul Weil resigned Thursday night during a meeting of the District 125 School Board, multiple media outlets reported. The resignation was accepted as police continue their investigation. Lake Zurich April 12 A woman reported April 12 that someone entered her unlocked vehicle and took personal property valued at $1,273 while it was parked on the 800 block of Silverwood Court in Lake Zurich. Palatine April 11 Anil Joseph, 35, of Des Plaines, was charged with improper lane usage, DUI, DUI blood-alcohol level…
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