Posted on 18 May 2013. Tags: Schaumburg Police Department, strong-arm robbery, strong-armed robbery Schaumburg
Schaumburg police responded about 12:14 PM Saturday to a strong arm robbery in the area of Golf Road and Walnut Avenue.. Police received a report that a man ripped necklace jewelry off of a girl’s neck — possibly near Evening Song — while she was walking in an apartment complex. Police described the offender as [...]
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Posted on 18 May 2013. Tags: criminal damage to property, criminal damage to property Schaumburg, Schaumburg, Schaumburg Police Department
One of several damaged mailboxes discovered in Schaumburg Saturday morning. Schaumburg police received multiple reports about 7:00 AM Saturday of criminal damage to property in the block of Kingport Drive and Governor Drive Schaumburg, IL. Police received a report that an unknown offender or offenders criminally damaged multiple mailboxes along Kingsport Drive, Bridgeport Drive, and [...]
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Posted on 17 May 2013. Tags: apartment fire, apartment Fire Palatine, box alarm, MABAS Box Alarm, Palatine Fire Department
VIDEO (AUDIO WARNING LOUD ALARM) Fire at Lake Louise apartments on Wilke Road affected two units Friday night. Firefighters applied an aggressive interior attack and successfully stopped the fire from spreading to a major fire in the two-story, 24-unit condominium building. Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 8:21 PM Friday to a report of an [...]
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Posted on 17 May 2013. Tags: Connecticut, Fairfield, train crash, train derailment
Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday’s evening rush hour, injuring about 50 people, authorities said. There were no reports of fatalities. Two Metro-North Railroad trains collided after a “major derailment” near Fairfield, Connecticut, on 6:10 p.m. Friday. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority reports that “there are preliminary reports of about [...]
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Posted on 17 May 2013. Tags: Congress, Congressional Hearing, Internal Revenue Service, IRS
The ousted chief of the Internal Revenue Service Steven Miller is telling Congress that his agency made errors in targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he says the mistakes were not the result of partisan views. The IRS openly discriminated against groups, but the former chief Steven Miller claims the error was the work [...]
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Posted on 17 May 2013. Tags: Arlington Heights Police Department, cannabis arrest, Cannabis arrest Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights police arrested a driver about 10:30 AM Friday for Cannabis possession after clocking him for speeding at Highland Avenue and Magnolia Street Arlington Heights, IL. Police stopped the vehicle at White Oak Street and Vail Avenue. Police transported the driver in custody to Arlington Heights Police Department Headquarters. The driver’s Chevrolet 1500 Blazer [...]
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Posted on 17 May 2013. Tags: Cincinnati, Cincinnati Police Department, conviction, homicide, shooting
A Cincinnati court convicted a man of murder after seeing video of the victim, two weeks before his death, blinking to identify the assailant. A jury found Ricardo Woods guilty of murder and felonious assault Thursday for the death of David Chandler, who was shot October 28, 2010, while sitting in a car in Cincinnati. [...]
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Posted on 17 May 2013. Tags: Arlington Heights Police Department, IDOT, STEP, traffic enforcement, traffic enforcement Arlington Heights
The Arlington Heights Police Department will commence specialized traffic enforcement activities relating to the Memorial Day “Click It or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” holiday enforcement campaigns from May 11th through Memorial Day. Enforcement activities will include numerous seatbelt enforcement zones, impaired driving saturation patrols, and a Roadside Safety Checkpoint. The checkpoint [...]
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Posted on 17 May 2013. Tags: Arlington Heights Police Department, bicycle theft, bicycle theft Arlington Heights, theft, theft Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights police received a report about 7:44 AM Friday of a theft in the block of 500 South Roosevelt Ave Arlington Heights, IL. Police received a report that an unknown offender or offenders took a bicycle from the garage. The crime is reported to have occurred sometime since last Wednesday May 15, 2013. Map [...]
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Posted on 17 May 2013. Tags: Arlington Heights DUI arrest, Arlington Heights Police Department, arrest, DUI, DUI Arrest, DUI arrest Arlington Heights, hit-and-run, hit-and-run personal injury, North, Wilmette Police Department
Arlington Heights police arrested a DUI driver about 1:20 PM Wednesday near Chestnut Avenue and Euclid Avenue Arlington Heights, IL. Police initially received a report of a reckless driver on westbound Euclid Avenue at Dryden. Police received a report that a black Ford Expedition or Excursion, missing a right mirror, was traveling at high speed [...]
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Posted on 17 May 2013. Tags: Arlington Heights DUI arrest, Arlington Heights Police Department, arrest, DUI, DUI Arrest, DUI arrest Arlington Heights, North
Arlington Heights police arrested a DUI driver 12:21 AM Thursday near Rand Road and Route 53 Arlington Heights, IL. Illinois State Police broadcast a DUI alert for northbound Route 53 from Algonquin Rd about 12:15 a.m. Thursday — apparently after a tip from another motorist. Officers got behind the vehicle at Palatine Road. The vehicle [...]
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Posted on 17 May 2013. Tags: arrest, family disturbance, family problem, taser
Arlington Heights police responded about 10:23 PM Wednesday to a family problem in an apartment in the block of 1100 East Algonquin Road Arlington Heights, IL. Police received a report of a physical fight and serious threats to family members at the apartment. First police on the scene called for backup and a supervisor to [...]
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