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Patrick Ford, 25, of 1043 W. Grace St. [MAP/SAT], was charged with killing Dana Mangi by stabbing and strangulation at his Wrigleyville apartment in August 2007. On Thursday, he was sentenced to 35 years in prison, after pleading guilty but mentally ill to murder charges in the death of Class of 2000 Prospect High School graduate Dana Mangi, 25, of Arlington Heights. She was also a 2004 graduate of Loyola University.

Chicago police officers testified that Ford called them to the scene of the killing at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, and was reported to have had cut wounds himself when police arrived. Cook County Judge Charles Burns presided at the courthouse at 26th and California in Chicago, while several psychiatrists testified both for the prosecution and the defense concerning Patrick Ford’s personality and drug issues.

The motive and the nature of Ford’s relationship with Dana Mangi is unknown.

Arlington Heights police received a report of a hit-and-run accident that occurred about 5:45 p.m. Thursday. The offending vehicle was last seen northbound Kennicott from Algonquin Road. The offending vehicle was described as a small green pickup truck — possibly a Dodge, which might have passenger side, rear damage — possibly with black paint transfer.

Arlington Heights police arrested a DUI driver about 1:25 a.m. Thursday at Kensington and Prindle. The driver was transported in custody to Arlington Heights Police Department Headquarters. The driver’s red Acura RSX 2-door was towed to a police holding area.

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After initiating a traffic stop that turned into a vehicle pursuit, Cook County Sheriff’s deputies on northbound Hicks Road near Lake Cook Road had at least two suspects bail out of the vehicle. A foot pursuit continued in an area of woods just after 1100 p.m. Wednesday. One of the suspects, who bailed out of their vehicle, was carrying a shotgun and wearing all red. A second suspect was wearing a black hoodie and jeans. Palatine Police Department and Lake County Sheriff’s deputies immediately assisted with the pursuit. Police lost sight of the suspects and called in a police helicopter for aerial searching.

Buffalo Grove police assisted with a wide perimeter border that was located near Arlington Heights Road and Checker. Police announced three suspects in custody at about 1:15 a.m. Thursday.

The traffic stop is possibly gang related. Cook County Sheriff’s deputies were on a surveillance operation at the Country Glen apartments in unincorporated Arlington Heights. Police were on alert for a gang fight that might be initiated in the neighborhood. The vehicle pursuit headed to the Lake Cook Road and Hick Road area– where the suspects bailed out and fled on foot.

The suspect with the shotgun was caught immediately. A bloodhound tracked a second suspect to the location where he was hiding. The third suspect was stuck in mud in a marshy area, and spotted by a Cook County Sheriff/Chicago Police Department helicopter.

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Intersection of Lake Cook Road and Hicks Road where three suspects fled on foot, and one got stuck in a muddy marsh.

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Satellite view showing Country Glen Apartments (right) and the intersection of Lake Cook Road and Hicks Road (left).

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Schaumburg police responded to a drive-by shooting report about 8:30 p.m. in the 900 block of Bode Road where three youths were near the 7-Eleven parking lot at 920 Bode Road. A 16-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy were shot and reported in critical condition. A 14-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet and was injured, but not in critical condition.

The shots came from the cab of a gold pickup truck that was westbound on Bode Road. The offender or offenders continued westbound on Bode Road.

 
WGN/CLTV video report on shooting of three youth in Schaumburg on Bode Road.

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Arlington Heights police received a report about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday of a bike theft overnight in the 1200 block of South Pine Avenue. The bike was stolen about three blocks from a vehicle burglary and an attempted vehicle burglary on Haven Street — 400 East in Arlington Heights and 2100 West in Mount Prospect. The Mount Prospect case involved two subjects inside a car with one offender having a bike. Mount Prospect police responded to a report about 9:05 p.m. of a burglary in progress that was broken up by a citizen in the 2100 block of West Haven Street in Mount Prospect. The citizen yelled after he saw the two offenders in or near a car attempting to burglarize it.

One offender was wearing a bright orange hooded sweatshirt. Arlington Heights police were alerted to be on the lookout in the neighborhood.

No known arrests no this case.