Chicago Crime Report 02/06/2010
$1M bond for man charged in girlfriend’s brutal beating
CHICAGO (STMW) — A West Side man was ordered held on $1 million bond Friday after being charged with the attempted murder of his girlfriend last month on the Near South Side, which left the woman with a broken nose and a forehead wound that required 13 staples.
Frederick Willis, 38 of the 3500 block of West Congress Parkway, is charged with attempted murder and aggravated domestic battery, according to police. Willis was arrested Thursday afternoon. in the 3100 block of West Van Buren Street.
Bond was set at $1 million Friday and a preliminary hearing was set for Feb. 11 in Domestic Violence Court (Br. 64), Cook County State's Attorney's office spokesman Andy Conklin said.
Second Man Charged With Murder of VFW Commander – Chicago Breaking News
A second suspect was charged with murder Friday in the fatal beating of a south suburban VFW commander killed while depositing organization funds at a bank in November.
Steve Smith, 25, of 1728 W. Steuben in Chicago was charged Friday with one count each of first-degree murder and robbery, according to Cook County State's Attorney's office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton.
He is the second person charged with the November death of Bill Burtner , 65, of the 10500 block of South Harding Avenue.
Jerry Brown, 27, of 1140 W. 104th Pl., is being held without bond on the same charges, Simonton said. He pleaded innocent on Dec. 29.
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Daily Herald | Mother organizes drug forum to ‘fight back’ after three teen deaths
After three Lake Zurich High School alumni died of heroin overdoses in the past 14 months, Lake Zurich mom Michelle Hines organized a forum about drug use in the community.
Hines, who facilitates Willow Creek Community Church's Christian 12-Step Program, said the stories are so heartbreaking that she feels an urgent need to educate people about the dangerous drug that's become trendy in the suburbs.
“When I found out about all the kids dying, I thought, 'Enough already.' Someone's got to do something. We've got to fight back,” Hines said. “Heroin is in our town and kids are dying. If parents don't know it's here, then they can't educate their kids. We're doing the best we can to let them know.”
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Two Teens, Third Suspect in Custody After Fatal South Shore Stabbing – Chicago Breaking News
Two teenage boys and a third accomplice have been taken into custody after a man was fatally stabbed Thursday in the South Shore neighborhood.
The teen, 16, was arrested at 4:14 p.m. at 2024 E. 71st St., according to a police report. The boy suffered a laceration to the left buttock and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn after the incident, the report said.
A second suspect, 15, also remains in custody and police said they picked up the third suspect at about 1:30 p.m. Friday morning. None of the three have been charged, police said.
Police responded at 4 p.m. to the 7100 block of South Jeffery Boulevard where a male suspect had allegedly stabbed a man and the suspect was also cut, according to police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines.
The suspects and the victim were in an argument over money, police said.
via Two Teens, Third Suspect in Custody After Fatal South Shore Stabbing – Chicago Breaking News.
Former Teacher Charged with Sexual Assault of Student – Chicago Breaking News
A Northwest Side high school teacher was charged with sexually assaulting a female student at the North Center neighborhood school on the North Side last year, police said.
Wesley Cherniak, 32, of the 3800 block of North Bernard Street, was charged with criminal sexual assault, a felony, according to police who said Cherniak was arrested at 6 a.m. Wednesday at his home and the charge was approved at 1 p.m. Thursday.
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Daily Herald | Police: Love triangle led to fatal shooting in Elgin
A love triangle turned deadly in Elgin this week, with one man killed, a suspect on the loose and his girlfriend charged with obstructing the investigation.
Authorities have charged Alexis I. Cruz, 18, of the 1300 block of Dakota St., Elgin, with felony obstruction of justice in the Thursday morning murder of Hugo A. Navarro, 29, on the city's west side.
Police say the murder suspect, Amilkar “Tony” Antonio Caro, 32, also of the 1300 block of Dakota, is armed and dangerous.
Police released information about the slaying – the city's first homicide this year – late Friday.
via Daily Herald | Police: Love triangle led to fatal shooting in Elgin.
Brothers charged with bank robbery – Chicago Breaking News
Two Waukegan brothers suspected of robbing a Gurnee credit union last week and a Long Grove bank in October were arrested today and charged with bank robbery, attempted bank robbery and attempted murder of a police officer, officials said.
Rashe Watkins, 33, and Julius Watkins, 29, were arrested without incident outside of the Waukegan Park District Field House Sports and Fitness Center, 800 N. Baldwin Ave., at about 11:20 a.m., Gurnee Police Cmdr. Jay Patrick said.
Last week's robbery occurred at about 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 at the Community Trust Credit Union, 1313 North Skokie Highway in Gurnee, Patrick said. During that robbery, one of the suspects held credit union employees at gunpoint as they were leaving for the day and escorted them back into the building, Patrick said.
The suspect could not get any cash from the credit union vault, but took a small amount of personal cash from a teller and then bound the hands of the employees with plastic zip ties, Patrick said. A Gurnee police officer responded to an alarm call at the credit union, which prompted the suspect to exit out of the rear of the building, he said.
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Second man arrested in fatal beating of veteran – Chicago Breaking News
A second man has been arrested in connection with the fatal beating and robbery of a Vietnam War-veteran outside a Midlothian bank last November.
Steve Smith, 25, of the 1700 block of West Steuben Street in Chicago was charged with first-degree murder and robbery today in the death of 65-year-old William “Bill” Burtner.
On Nov. 16, Burtner was entering AJ Smith Federal Savings Bank, 14757 S. Cicero Ave. in Midlothian, when two men attacked him in a strong-arm robbery, said Midlothian Police Detective Sgt. Steve Zamiar.
Burtner, who lived on Chicago's Southwest Side, was pronounced dead two days later at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
An autopsy concluded Burtner died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease and fractured ribs from the assault, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. It ruled the death a homicide.
via Second man arrested in fatal beating of veteran – Chicago Breaking News.
FBI seizes Park Ridge police records – Chicago Breaking News
Investigators from the Cook County state's attorney's office, assisted by the FBI, seized arrest reports, incident reports, payroll records, computer records and some personnel files from the Park Ridge Police Department, a police spokesman from the northwest suburb confirmed today.
Park Ridge police say they're cooperating fully in the investigation, but are in the dark about its exact nature.
“We don't know specifically what they're looking for,” Cmdr. Lou Jogmen said.
via FBI seizes Park Ridge police records – Chicago Breaking News.
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