Friday, April 26, 2013
School administrators and law enforcement personnel from around La Grange and Western Springs gathered at Plymouth Place Thursday for a seminar by safety consultant Kenneth Trump.
No one wants to think about a tragedy such as the Sandy Hook shootings happening in our own schools—but it's critical to prepare for a scenario we hope will never befall us. That was the message school safety expert Kenneth Trump delivered to local school administrators and law enforcement personnel Thursday at Plymouth Place in La Grange Park. Trump is a nationally known consultant who has worked with schools in all 50 states, as well as countries such as Canada and Israel. He's a frequent TV commentator on school security issues for programs such as The Today Show, 20/20 and the CBS Evening News. La Grange Park Village President Jim Discipio said the idea for the seminar was born after the Sandy Hook massacre when he asked Police Chief …
Monday, March 18, 2013
La Grange and La Grange Park police reports, March 6-12.
LA GRANGE Tuesday, March 12 A wallet was stolen from a purse hanging over a woman’s chair around 8:45 p.m. at 1 S. La Grange Rd. A credit card from the wallet was used at Target in Hillside. The total loss was more than $500. Monday, March 11 A woman said her son’s friend broke a window around 9:16 p.m. on her home in the 800 block of East, police said. Wednesday, March 6 Someone threw a brick through the window of a car parked overnight in the 400 block of South La Grange Road, police said. LA GRANGE PARK Tuesday, March 12 A woman’s wallet was taken from her purse at Panera Bread, police said. The purse was left unattended while the woman picked up her food. The total loss was less than $500. Get news alerts and Facebook updates from …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
John Savage, a Cicero police officer, failed to tell a man that he had HIV before they engaged in sexual activity, the Cook County Sheriff said.
A Cicero police officer was charged Thursday with criminally transmitting HIV to a man he went to the movies with in July 2012, the Cook County Sheriff said. John Savage, 38, of La Grange Park, engaged in sexual activities with a 24-year-old man at Savage’s home after their date, according to the sheriff’s release. He failed to tell the man he was HIV positive before the encounter, the sheriff said. The victim later asked if Savage was HIV positive, and when Savage said yes, the man reported the incident to La Grange police. Savage was arrested Wednesday at the La Grange Park Police Department and charged with one count of criminally transmitting HIV after La Grange Police conducted an investigation in conjunction with the sheriff’s office…
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
La Grange Park police reports, March 3-10.
Sunday, March 10 Terrel V. Holt, 22, of the 1400 block of Hobson in Rantoul, was arrested on two felony warrants out of Champaign County around 1:08 a.m. in the 700 block of La Grange Road, police said. Officers stopped Holt for speeding and charged him with obstructing identification, operating a vehicle with no proof of insurance and driving while license suspended. His passenger, Antonio D. Howard, 23, of the 3900 block of Adams in Bellwood, was arrested on a DuPage County warrant for failure to appear on DUI charges and a Cook County warrant for conditional release violations for theft charges. Saturday, March 9 Marcus B. Gowie, 25, of the 800 block of South 20th Avenue in Maywood, was arrested around 5:10 p.m. near the intersection of…
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
La Grange police blotter, Feb. 19-27.
SATURDAY, FEB. 23 Byron D. Smith, 26, of the 1000 block of South 14th Avenue, Maywood, was stopped for speeding on the 400 block of La Grange Road at 12:48 a.m. and charged with driving with a suspended license, police said. THURSDAY, FEB. 21 Jonathan A. Gonzalez, 25, of the 1100 block of South Highland Avenue, Oak Park, was stopped for having an expired registration at the corner of 31st Street and Barnsdale Road at 12:35 a.m. and charged with driving with a suspended license, police said. -- Police Blotter information is provided by local law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court…
Monday, February 25, 2013
A 30-year-old homeless man and a 21-year-old Chicago man were arrested and charged with residential burglary in the northern part of the Village.
Friday, February 22, 2013
A 30-year-old homeless man and a 21-year-old Chicago man were arrested and charged with residential burglary in the northern part of the Village.
La Grange Park police report that they have arrested two man involved in a burglary on the 1400 block of Scotdale Road in La Grange Park on Thursday afternoon. Fernando Gonzales, 30, homeless, and Felipe Martinez, 21, of the 2600 block of S. Komensky Avenue, Chicago, were each charged with a Class 1 felony for residential burglary. Police had responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle around 1:00 p.m. According to La Grange Park police, the men were located sitting in a van on the 1600 block of La Grange Road with burglary tools and items from the burglarized house on Scotdale, where a rear door had been pried open. (No one was home during the incident.) The suspects have also been tied to a burglary in Westchester, according to …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
La Grange Park police reports, Feb. 10-19.
TUESDAY, FEB. 19 Erick O. Mejia, 23, of the 1000 block of West Irving Park Road, Bensenville, was stopped for lacking a front license plate at the corner of La Grange Road and Garfield Avenue at 10:06 a.m. and charged with driving without a valid license, police said. MONDAY, FEB. 18 La Grange Park police, dispatched to a report of a suspicious person in MB Bank on the 400 block of La Grange Road, arrested David Castellano, 68, last known address on the 1400 block of South Canal Street, on a Chicago Police Department warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of shoplifting. The defendant was handed over to the Chicago PD, 10th District, without incident. SUNDAY, FEB. 17 Joaquin Gaspar, 26, of the 24000 block of West Joseph Avenue…
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
La Grange Park police blotter, Feb. 5-12.
THURSDAY, FEB. 7 Andre D. Davis, 30, of the 6400 block of Joliet Road, La Grange Highlands, was stopped for driving with no front plate and tailgating on the 300 block of La Grange Road at 12:06 a.m. and charged with driving with a suspended license, police said. TUESDAY, FEB. 5 Jesus Tavares, 42, of the 5900 block of South Richmond, Chicago, was stopped for displaying an expired registration sticker on the 1000 block of Kemman Avenue at 4:30 p.m. and was charged with driving without a valid license, police said. Danta Curry, 23, of the 5900 block of South Honore Street, Chicago, was stopped for speeding on the 300 block of Harding Avenue at 9:32 a.m. and was charged with driving with a suspended license, police said. Renita T. Elston, 31…
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
La Grange Park police reports, Jan. 28-Feb 5.
SATURDAY, FEB. 2 An elderly couple on the 1200 block of Cleveland Avenue reported that they became victims of a ruse-entry burglary when one man took the husband into the basement to discuss a “plumbing problem,” and one or two additional men entered the home, told the wife they were there to help and stole $300 in cash. FRIDAY, FEB. 1 Hiram Torres, 31, of the 5100 block of West 64th Place, Chicago, was stopped at the corner of Barnsdale Road and 31st Street at 4:29 p.m. for lack of a front registration plate and was charged with driving with a suspended license and no proof of insurance, police said. THURSDAY, JAN. 31 Jeffery D. Butler, 52, of the 300 block of North Lorel Avenue, Chicago, was stopped on the 1100 block of Beach Avenue at 3…
Lauren Williamson
2:28 pm on Friday, April 26, 2013
Hi Warren, I'll add it to the story that District 102 was there. I didn't see it on the list. Apologies! Lauren more ›