Wednesday, May 15, 2013
A man was shot in the 9900 block of S. Walden Parkway, according to police.
A man is in critical condition after a Wednesday afternoon shooting in Beverly. The man who is in his 30s was shot multiple times in the foyer of a building on the 9900 block of South Walden Parkway, Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien said. The shooting occurred at about 12:30 p.m. The suspect immediately fled and has not been apprehended by police, O'Brien said. A description was not immediately available. The victim was taken to Advocate Christ Hospital where he is in critical condition, O'Brien said. Ald. Matt O'Shea says police have told him that the shooting is not a random act and that the suspect was known by the victim. Police have identified a suspect and are working with surrounding law enforcement agencies …
Crime incidents in the 19th Ward, May 1 - 7.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The Inspector General released an audit Tuesday of the city's red-light camera system. It says evidence doesn't support officials' claims that cameras monitor crash-prone intersections. It also breaks down tickets issued at each intersection.
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Tuesday, May 14
By Carrie Frillman The results of a red-light camera system audit cannot prove true what the city says were the devices' original purpose—to increase safety at intersections with high crash rates, according to the Chicago Inspector General's Office. The audit was requested in February because of questions posed by several alderman. They wanted proof, they said, that the Australian company, Redflex Traffic Systems Inc., and Chicago installed the devices to improve traffic safety rather than to create a source of revenue. But the IG's office found that the Chicago Department of Transportation was "unable to substantiate its claims that the city chose to install the red-light cameras at intersections with the highest angle crash rates in …
The National Transportation Safety Board recommends reducing the limit. Some say it would save lives. Others say it's unreasonable.
By David Mills One drink could be the standard for drunken driving – at least for some people if the National Transporation Safety Board has its way. On Tuesday, the NTSB recommended states lower the blood-alcohol threshold for driving under the influence from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent. What do you think? Is the proposal reasonable? About 10,000 deaths a year are related to drunken driving. The NTSB says the lower limit would save 500 to 800 lives a year. Officials at the American Beverage Institute called the proposal "ludicrous." It said the average woman could reach the 0.05 percent limit by having one drink. In 2011, 323 people were killed by alcohol-related crashed in Illinois, which makes up 35 percent of the 918 total crash …
On Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., 10 Cook County Jail detainees will go head-to-head against Russian counterparts in a historic first-ever international chess game.
America and Russia are classic rivals. The space race, the Cold War and the Miracle on Ice all stand testament to that. Now, thanks to a new Cook County program, we can add prison chess tournaments to the list. On Wednesday morning, 10 Cook County Jail detainees will compete in an online chess match against Russian Federal Prison Service inmates in a first-ever event of its kind. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and Cook County Jail chess program head Dr. Mikhail Korenman will hold a press conference at 9 a.m. Wednesday with Russian officials via Skype. The games will then begin promptly at 9:30 a.m., inside Division 11 of the Cook County Jail. Patch published a preview of this concept last year. Here’s what some south suburbanites thought of…
Sunday, May 12, 2013
The former Chicago Ridge deputy fire chief charged with trying to rape and kill a neighbor is tired of the cops always showing up at his parents' place.
When they let former Chicago Ridge Deputy Fire Chief Gary Swiercz out of jail, he wasn't allowed to return to the Tinley Park condo where he allegedly tried to rape and kill a neighbor. Since the woman still lives in his building, Swiercz moved into his parents' home in Worth. But that hasn't worked out so well. The high-priority electronic monitoring the county put Swiercz on requires the cops to make an in-person visit to the house once during each eight hour shift, and the repeated visits are wearing on Swiercz's elderly parents, Barbara and Stan. Swiercz's parents were they went to court and asked a judge to cut out the house checks between midnight and 8 a.m. Cook County Judge John Joseph Hynes denied the request, pointing out that …
Some drivers stopped by police get right to the point when it comes to tests for sobriety: "I’m not gonna blow into anything.” Find out what happened during this and other incidents in this week's roundup of Southland DUI arrests.
NEW LENOX May 5: Thomas Cosgrove, 40, of the 1200 block of Shagbark Road, New Lenox, was charged with driving under the influence and speeding, according to a report. Police stopped at car for speeding at about 3:01 a.m. near the intersection of Laraway Road and Stonebridge Drive. Cosgrove was arrested after an investigation by police. He posted bond and was released. May 4: Jose Fuentes-Jimenez, 31, of the first block of Calle Regina Medina, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, was charged with driving under the influence, driving without insurance, disobeying a traffic control device and speeding, according to a report. Police spotted a car that driven through a traffic control device while speeding. Police stopped the car and, after conducting an …
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Nothing up their sleeves, except for bottles of booze • Kids joy ride in park district golf cart • WD-40 can allegedly used to hide pot … This week's roundup of weird crime news in the Southland.
April 30: Diners at the restaurant known for being delightfully tacky decided to split without paying their checks when they finished enjoying the view. Oak Lawn police responded to a reported dine-and-dash at Hooters at 9159 S. Cicero Ave. around 10:21. A table of three women and one man finished eating their meal and were talking amongst themselves when they all got up and left without paying their $91.30 tab, police said. The second dine-and-dash incident occurred the evening of April 21 around 9:50 a.m., police said. An off-duty police officer advised that four adults had just fled the restaurant and were heading southbound on Keating Avenue from 92nd Street in a Chevy Tahoe. Eight people were hit with charges from the two incidents. …
Friday, May 10, 2013
Preliminary findings from an autopsy on a baby boy found dead at a recycling center show the infant was less than seven days old and born premature. Police are continuing to investigate where the child came from.
A baby boy found dead inside a cooler at a Chicago Ridge recycling center will be laid to rest next week. The Cook County medical examiner’s office is expected to release the body of the baby, who is being called Jeremiah Michael, to Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights on Monday. The funeral Mass is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of the Ridge Catholic Church, 10820 S. Oxford Ave., Chicago Ridge. Father Wayne Svida, pastor, and Father George Omwando, of St. Catherine of Siena in Oak Park, will be officiating. Burial is expected to follow the Mass at Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, 6001 W. 111th St. Preliminary finding from an autopsy conducted on May 2 showed the baby had been born sometime during the last seven …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Round-the clock home confinement checks are wearing on the elderly parents of former Chicago Ridge Deputy Fire Chief Gary Swiercz, but won't be stopping any time soon.
Before their son was charged with trying to rape and kill a neighbor in his Tinley Park condo, the parents of former Chicago Ridge Deputy Fire Chief Gary Swiercz underwent more than 10 surgeries. And now that they have their son living with him on home confinement while he awaits trial on 15 felony counts related to the alleged January attack, the Cook County cops are showing up at their Worth home at all hours of the day and night. READ: Attempted Murder Charges Against Man Wielding a Knife, Invading Tinley Park Home Swiercz's attorney, Colleen McSweeney Moore, said during a Monday hearing at the Bridgeview courthouse that the constant checks are unreasonable and a "concerted effort on the part of the Cook County Sheriff's Police to …
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8:40 am on Thursday, May 16, 2013
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