MAY 04 2008 — A pipe bomb explosion occurred at about 1:40 a.m. at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Courthouse. The bomb caused damage to the front entrance and lobby area of the courthouse.

No injuries reported. The courthouse is one block from nightclubs in the Gaslamp Quarter.

Are you wondering what restaurants in Arlington Heights have outdoor seating? Click over to Arlingtoncards.com/outdoordining for a list of outdoor dining restaurants — complete with a satellite view of the seating areas for each restaurant.

Other helpful pages …
Arlington Heights Around Town Restaurants
Arlington Heights Pizza — Arlingtoncards.com/pizza
Arlington Heights Steaks — Arlingtoncards.com/steaks

WED APR 23 2008 — Security video revealed a man smashing the front glass door at Liquors and Wine, 4218 N. Arlington Heights Road, about 1:15 a.m. The man stashed several bottles of vodka in a backpack, and fled in a light-colored vehicle with a getaway driver.

Lindsay Lohan “poster child” for American Beverage Institute USA Today Ad. “Ignition Interlocks a good idea for: Lindsay Lohan (mugshot photo, not text)   But a bad idea for us: (photos of ‘responsible social drinkers’).”

From the American Beverage Institute website …

“…some anti-alcohol activists are seeking increasingly harsh restrictions on social drinkers. This can be evidenced in the transition from the common sense “Don’t drive drunk” message to the similar-sounding but entirely different “Don’t drink and drive” slogan. The American Beverage Institute is correcting this prohibitive message with a more appropriate message: Drink Responsibly. Drive Responsibly. This message recognizes the millions of Americans who responsibly consume adult beverages at a restaurant, a tavern, or a friend’s house before safely driving home—and encourages everyone to drink responsibly and drive responsibly.”

The American Beverage Institute claims that anti-alcohol activists are working to impair the social drinking tradition with excessively harsh language, laws and use of technology.

The institute warns:
“What IF Ignition Interlocks were Installed in Every Car?”

InterLockFacts.com
American Beverage Institute Official Site — abionline.org

Keywords: Nanny State, fear monger, DUI, alcohol abuse, alcohol-impaired driving, DWI, MADD

Arlington Heights police look for suspects at the Citgo Northwest Highway and Vail Avenue that matched a description following an armed robbery of a pedestrian near Euclid and Northwest Highway.

A man reported that he was approached by three black males and robbed at gunpoint as he was walking near Euclid and Northwest Highway just after midnight early Saturday. One of the black males about 5′ 8″ with a black handgun was reported to have stuck the gun in the victim’s face and demanded that he give him a black and blue Under Armour backpack that the victim was wearing.

The three black males reportedly fled on foot eastbound toward downtown Arlington Heights. Arlington Heights police checked for possible suspects at the Citgo at Northwest Highway and Vail Avenue, but the check was negative.

An Arlington Heights police officer finds a backpack within minutes after a report of an armed robbery of an Under Armour back pack and contents just after midnight Friday night/early Saturday morning on Vail Avenue near the Arlington Heights Memorial Library.

A short time later during patrol of the area, an officer found a black and blue backpack lying in the middle of Vail Avenue between Fremont and St. James Street by the Arlington Heights Memorial Library (about 2,100 feet from Euclid and Northwest Highway).

Under Armour Backpack file photo.

Under Armour Backpacks on Amazon range in price from about $30 to $70.

A resident reported to Arlington Heights police that he saw a male break a window in his house near Belmont and Lincoln. The resident chased one or two offenders toward Carefree Park in Arlington Heights. The offenders might have fled in a white vehicle about 11 p.m. Friday.