Chicago Crime Report 2/05/2010
CTA panhandler arrested 178 times: Man who works Green Line rarely jailed – chicagotribune.com
Clarence Ervin had panhandled on CTA trains all night, and he looked like it.
Cold and bleary-eyed, he said he was afraid of getting caught — a surprising sentiment for a man who has been arrested 178 times, according to police and court records.
Ervin, 52, has amassed charges ranging from panhandling on trains and disorderly conduct to drug possession and assault and battery, the records show.
He is a source of widespread fear among riders on the Green Line between the Loop and Oak Park.
“Clarence is not a bad guy,'' Ervin said, speaking sympathetically in the third person, as he exited a Green Line train at Laramie on Wednesday and boarded another going in the opposite direction to continue begging for — and demanding — money. “He got a raw deal. He's homeless. He's a United States Marine disabled veteran, and he needs help. He don't want to get in more trouble.''
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Parolee accused of shooting Robbins cop :: The SouthtownStar :: News
A man from Chicago's Marquette Park neighborhood has been charged with disarming an off-duty Robbins police officer and shooting him with the gun inside a West Lawn grocery, police said.
Edward Williams, 39, of the 6300 block of South Maplewood Avenue, was charged at 11:43 p.m. with one count of aggravated battery with a firearm to a peace officer, according to Wentworth Area police Sgt. James Lamperis.
Williams was also wanted on a warrant for parole violation on a prior conviction for retail theft, according to the sergeant.
The incident occurred about 7:50 p.m. Wednesday at a Sav-A-Lot grocery, 4439 W. 63rd St.
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Burglary leads to deadly crash :: The SouthtownStar :: News
One man was killed and two others were seriously injured Thursday after two suspected burglars ran a red light and caused a four-vehicle crash in Hazel Crest, authorities said.
All three were taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, one of them by helicopter, Hazel Crest Fire Lt. Kevin Sears said.
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Two Charged with Selling Fake Bags, Glasses – Chicago Breaking News
Two people from the north suburbs are charged with selling counterfeit handbags and sunglasses.
Chae and Sun Kim of Glenview are each charged with a felony.
They were arrested after police got a search warrant for a business near north Clark and Sunnyside.
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Niles Cop Charged With Stealing Money from Dead Man – Chicago Breaking News
veteran Niles police officer was charged with theft and official misconduct for stealing nearly $2,000 from a dead man’s room at the Leaning Tower YMCA, prosecutors said.
William Christie, 48, swiped the money from Larry Pollak’s room after he initially responded to a Nov. 9 call that a YMCA resident had died, authorities said.
Pollak, who had died from natural causes at age 57, was taken to the morgue.
Christie, a 27-year Niles police veteran, then sealed off Pollak’s room and told staff they were not allowed to go in, prosecutors said.
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Man Steals Police Car While Wearing Handcuffs
A handcuffed man's attempt to steal a squad car and escape arrest proved unsuccessful early Tuesday.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that a Humboldt Park neighborhood man arrested by Rockford, Ill., police allegedly stole a squad car and led police on a chase to the north side of Chicago.
WFIR-TV reported that Rockford police had tried to pull Luis Valentin, 29, over for a traffic violation. The chase then ended when he lost control, the car side-swiped a pole and crashed into a home.
He and his passenger, brother Wilfred Valentin, tried running but were grabbed by police who put them in separate patrol cars.
According to WIFR-TV, the squad car in which Luis Valentin was placed had no cage separating the front and back seats. He snuck his handcuffed wrists over his head and slid into the driver's seat when officers weren't looking.
Daily Herald | DuPage County man charged in Facebook threats case
A DuPage County man has been charged with threatening his former girlfriend and her new boyfriend in messages he allegedly posted to the 19-year-old woman's Facebook account.
Christopher J. Bensfield, 19, 28W000 block of 75th Street in unincorporated DuPage County, is scheduled to appear in DuPage County Circuit Court Monday to answer charges of harassment via electronic communication.
He remains in DuPage County Jail in Wheaton on a $12,500 bond, said Sgt. Greg Bell of the Naperville Police Department.
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Daily Herald | Man stabbed to death in his home near Antioch
Lake County officials said a man in his early 60s was stabbed multiple times in his home in the 40200 block of Deep Lake Road in unincorporated Antioch Thursday night.
Dr. Richard Keller said the death investigation into the unidentified man “looks to be a homicide,” but he could not officially call it a murder until after the autopsy is completed later this morning.
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Daily Herald | Arlington Hts. prep referee arrested on child porn charge
high school referee from Arlington Heights was charged with aggravated child pornography after more than 100 inappropriate images were found on his computer, authorities said.
After a two-month investigation, Larry Moser, 57, of the 600 block of West Burning Tree Lane, was arrested after he turned himself in to the Cook County Sheriff's Police on Wednesday, said Lisa Gordon of the sheriff's police press office.
Many of the images found on Moser's computer showed children under the age of 13, and many were of graphic sexual acts involving those young children, according to a sheriff's department release.
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Daily Herald | Man fatally shot during argument in front of Elgin home
An 18-year-old woman is being questioned by Elgin police in connection with the slaying of a 29-year-old man this morning on the city's west side.
No charges have been filed against her as of this afternoon, Deputy Police Chief Cecil Smith said.
The shooting death occurred shortly after 2 a.m. in front of a single-family home on the 700 block of West Adams Street after the two were in an argument, police said.
“We're still trying to determine what the relationship was (between the two),” Smith said.
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