High winds during a thunderstorm caused some damage to trees and power lines as a severe thunderstorm passed through Arlington Heights beginning just before 10:15 p.m. Thursday.

A large tree was reported down in the roadway at Dryden and Fairview.

A tree was also reported to have fallen on a house in the 400 block of South Windsor.

A transformer/power problem causing arcing in the 400 block of North Drury was reported about 9:45 p.m. Thursday.

A fallen tree branch brought down a power line that went pole-to-pole in the 300 block of West Phelps.

ComEd and Arlington Heights public works crews were working to repair or cleanup the incidents.

An oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico with 13 aboard. All workers are accounted for, but one is injured and has been transported to Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma.

The oil rig had seven active oil wells on the platform with one of the oil wells on fire, according to Mariner Energy, Inc., the Houston company that owns the oil rig. The oil rig is located 90 miles south of Vermilion Bay.

Rescue helicopters from New Orleans and Houston responded to the scene where workers were reported in the water in immersion suits. Coast Guard cutters were immediately dispatched to the scene.

The oil rig, known as Vermilion 398, is leaking oil with a sheen about 100 feet wide and one mile early Thursday afternoon. The rig is being checked for environmental impact.

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MAP OF HORIZON AND MARINER ACCIDENT SITES: Mariner platform explosion is west of Deepwater Horizon disaster site.

See also …
oilspill.labucketbrigade.org from Tulane University, Louisiana Bucket Brigade and Tulane University Disaster Resilience Academy

Wikipedia List of Oil Spills

Mariner Energy Inc. — official website

Resore the Gulf — restorethegulf.gov — United States ‘federal portal’
Unified Area Command: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of the Interior

University of Iowa football player Josh Koeppel walked away with only a few bumps and bruises after a pickup truck hit his motorcycle, tossing him into the street.

University of Iowa senior center Josh Koeppel was hit head-on by a pickup truck making a left turn while he was traveling on a Yamaha moped on Monday. Koeppel will miss Saturday’s season opener against Eastern Illinois due to minor injuries sustained in the crash. Koeppel was transported to UI Hospitals and Clinics.

The crash was captured by a police dashboard camera. Koeppel was westbound on Burlington Street on his Yamaha moped at the intersection with Gilbert Street in Iowa City at 7:25 a.m. Monday when the driver of a Ford F-150 pickup that was eastbound on Burlington turned in front of Koeppel.

John Logan of Iowa City, was issued a traffic citation for failure to yield while making a left turn. The misdemeanor charge costs $100.

Cellphone video from the Cline Avenue extension (unknown if this is the scene that injured an extra).

Off-duty Indiana State troopers and firefirefighter/paramedics were on the scene of Transformers 3 filming at the Cline Avenue extension in Hammond, Indiana when a stunt involving multiple vehicles went awry. An object crashed the windshield of an extra’s personally-owned 2006 Toyota and hit the female driver, Gabriela Cedillo. The Toyota hit the median concrete barrier and continued traveling about one mile before stopping. The Toyota had extensive damage on the driver’s side of the vehicle.

The on-scene rescuers called in a medical helicopter and transported Gabriela Cedillo, 24, of Chicago to Level I Trauma Center Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood with a serious head injury.

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Antioch Fire Department responded just before 9:00 a.m. to report of a fire at Dublin O’Shea’s, 25385 Route 173. Firefighters reported a fire in the basement . Fire departments from Bristol, Fox Lake, Grayslake, Lake Villa, Richmond, Round Lake, Salem (Wisconsin), and Spring Grove assisted Antioch firefighters at the scene or provided protection for the rest of the town of Antioch Wednesday morning.

A little after 9:00 a.m. Wednesday firefighter command was declaring the fireground operations were in defensive mode, which usually means no interior attack, and operations include a deluge of water from ladder towers and/or deck mounted hoses on fire engines. Damage is extensive to the building, which included a restaurant/bar and apartments on a second floor. The fire was declared under control just after 11:00 a.m.

The first search of the building by firefighters inside the building did not report any victims.

One firefighter was hurt with a broken arm. The firefighter was transported to Centegra Hospital-McHenry, where he was treated and released.

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Chicago Fire Department responded to report of a small plane that skidded off the end of a runway at Chicago’s Midway International Airport about 9:00 a.m. There were no injuries and no significant damage in the incident. Developing …

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Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded to a check for well-being call after report just after 2:30 a.m. of a male/black lying on the ground on the southeast corner of Euclid Avenue and Dryden. Police arrived to find a disoriented male/black and called for paramedics for transport to the hospital.

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Arlington Heights police responded to a request from Cook County Sheriff’s police to handle a crash at Newport Lane and Nichols Road about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. The minor accident involving a school bus with no children on board was actually located at Schaefer and Nichols Road, which is Arlington Heights police jurisdiction.

Monday, Arlington Heights police received a report about 3:05 p.m. of a minor crash or ‘bump’ involving two school buses in the circle drive of John Hersey High School, 1900 East Thomas Avenue. No reported injuries. Last Thursday Buffalo Grove police responded at about 3:30 p.m. to a report of a minor three-bus crash involving school buses at Buffalo Grove High School. A pregnant woman was checked by paramedics after the accident at Buffalo Grove High School.

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Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics (at two calls) responded to five crashes in 75 minutes at Monday’s evening rush. First a minor crash with no injuries near Belmont and Hawthorne. Second, a Ford Explorer and a Honda Civic crashed causing injuries at Northwest Highway and Dunton Avenue just before 6:00 p.m. Third, a crash with personal injuries at Orchard and Arlington Heights Road was reported just after 6:00 p.m. A silver Ford Mustang was rear-ended at the crash. The fourth crash occurred in the 300 block of North Kaspar Avenue at about 6:30 p.m. The fifth crash occurred just before 7:10 p.m. at Euclid Avenue and Belmont Avenue with no injuries reported. A witness at the scene stated that a Chrysler 300 going southbound on Belmont Avenue at Euclid Avenue blew the stop sign and broadsided a Toyota Sienna minivan at the front-left wheel. The Chrysler pushed the minivan 90 degrees and up onto the corner parkway. The minivan was headed eastbound on Euclid Avenue. The witness was going westbound on Euclid Avenue and said that the driver of the Chrysler 300 tried to squeeze between him and the oncoming minivan, and hit the minivan.

Click the graphic to access the accident map data for the Village of Arlington Heights.

Arlington Heights police received a report about 3:05 p.m. Monday of a minor crash or ‘bump’ involving two school buses in the circle drive of John Hersey High School, 1900 East Thomas Avenue. No reported injuries. Last Thursday Buffalo Grove police responded at about 3:30 p.m. to a report of a minor three-bus crash involving school buses at Buffalo Grove High School. A pregnant woman was checked by paramedics after the accident at Buffalo Grove High School.

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Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:10 a.m. Monday to report of a woman hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Ridge Avenue and Dundee Road. A woman was reported injured in the incident. Buffalo Grove police also assisted Arlington Heights police at the scene.

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Blue sedan wrecked on Palatine Road westbound express lanes Sunday afternoon after one-car rollover crash.

Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:20 p.m. Sunday to a rollover crash in the westbound Palatine Road express lanes, just west of Schoenbeck Road.

No reports of serious injury. Witnesses reported the driver got out of the vehicle on his own. The driver apparently lost control after hitting the center concrete median barrier.

Westbound Palatine Road express lanes were blocked for approximately 45 minutes.

Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded to a report of a fire in a kitchen in an apartment Colonial Green Apartments, 1966 West Algonquin Road. Police arrived to find smoke coming from the apartment. The fire was knocked down quickly. Arlington Heights Fire Department, Des Plaines Fire Department and Elk Grove Township Fire Department were called to assist Mount Prospect Fire Department, but were returned in minutes.

Residents were checked out by paramedics. No report of serious injuries.

Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 1:45 a.m. Sunday to report of a mattress on fire near the entrance to Evergreen Court Apartments with smoke in the hallway. Police arrived first and reported a mattress smoldering near a doorway. Firefighters finished extinguishing the smoldering mattress after a resident put out the fire with a fire extinguisher. No word on cause.

Arlington Heights police responded about 2:05 p.m. Saturday to a report of an apparent intoxicated male that would not leave the front steps of the First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 North Dunton Avenue. Gatherers for a wedding were getting started at the church, but the man would not leave the front steps when asked. He was lying by the front door while people were getting ready for the wedding. Instead he demanded someone drive him to the train station. When police arrived, they called for paramedics for an intoxicated male. Unknown on any arrest at the location.

Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 7:25 am. Friday to report of a crash of a Pace Bus and a Ford Edge. Six patients reported injured in the crash. Two ambulances from Mount Prospect and one ambulance from Elk Grove Township, and one ambulance from Arlington Heights Fire Department responded to the scene. All injuries apparently minor injuries: two transported to Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, two transported to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, and two transported to Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village.

Traffic delays in the area of Elmhurst Road and Algonquin Road — Wall St is just west of Elmhurst.

Buffalo Grove police and firefighter/paramedics responded to crash of three buses about 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Buffalo Grove High School. A pregnant female was checked out by paramedics after she walked on her own into the school.

There also was a separate report of a car fire, but when firefighters arrived on the scene they reported no car fire. It is unknown if that call was a second accident. No doubt school dismissal on the second day of school was a little chaotic Thursday afternoon.

Up to 90 fire departments from four states responded to a tornado disaster drill in three staging areas in Chicagoland. Convoys of Task Forces from MABAS divisions that consisted of a fire chief, a ladder truck, a rescue squad, three ambulances and three fire engines were seen traversing roadways in Chicagoland. One such task force convoy from MABAS Division 8, which included fire-rescue equipment from Rockford, Loves Park, Rockton, and Lifeline Ambulance, was on the move eastbound on Palatine Road at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Presumably the equipment was headed for a staging area in Glenview at a site on the former Glenview Naval Air Station. The other staging areas were located at Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates and a location in Tinley Park. Fire departments from Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan were present at various staging areas along with fire departments from Illinois.

A Huey helicopter also made several passes from East-to-West and West-to-East Thursday morning. The helicopter was a dark military green and had a white square and a bold red cross at the bottom of the cabin.

The disaster drill was coordinated with a convention at McCormick Place conducted by Fire-Rescue International. A live video feed showed some of the activity where actions were critiqued and studied. The seminar is being held August 24-28, 2010. Thousands of firefighters from around the world are expected to attend the event at McCormick Place. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is attending the conference, as well as Steven Pasquale — star of FX Network television drama ‘Rescue Me’ that portrays the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictional FDNY Ladder 62/Engine 99 firehouse.

Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:05 a.m. Thursday to Dempster and Linneman to a report of a school bus crash with a car. No children were on board the bus. A woman in the vehicle that hit the bus was checked for injuries.

Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:10 a.m. Thursday to report of a bicyclist struck by a car at Golf and Busse. The crash was right across from Mount Prospect Fire Department Station 12 with paramedics arriving immediately at the scene.

Michael Wolfe, 62, was stuck and killed by a vehicle — he was pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m. at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.

Wolfe, a Mount Prospect resident, was riding a bicycle near the intersection of Golf and Busse roads when he was hit by the vehicle.

The intersection of Golf and Busse was closed overnight during a police accident investigation.

Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a woman in a vehicle with bleeding from her face and arm in a vehicle parked in front of a house in the 900 block of South Walnut Avenue. A scissors was also found near the scene. Paramedics called for a second ambulance for additional paramedics to assist with advanced life support. The woman was transported to Northwest Community Hospital. A police investigator was called to the scene as the injuries did not appear to be accidental.

The police did not mention that they were looking for an offender.

Arlington Heights and Rolling Meadows firefighter/paramedics responded to a report of a man possibly having a heart attack about 2:00 p.m. Saturday in the picnic area at the Arlington Million. Jason Chin, 28, was walking into the picnic area, just east of the grandstand, and collapsed.

Emergency personnel and possibly paramedics employed at the race track were performing CPR before paramedics from Rolling Meadows and Arlington Heights Fire Department arrived. Jason Chin was transported to Northwest Community Hospital by Rolling Meadows Fire Department rescue-ambulance. He was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at Northwest Community Hospital.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office ruled that Jason Chin died of coronary atherosclerosis — the buildup of plaque inside arteries that can cause heart attack or sudden cardiac death. Toxicology tests were also ordered, which take about six to eight weeks to process. Arlington Heights police do not suspect a cause besides ‘natural cause’ of death related to the atherosclerosis.

Arlington Heights police responded about 4:15 p.m. Monday to traffic and pedestrian hazards caused by train gates stuck in the down position in downtown Arlington Heights.

Police were waiting for a Union Pacific response to repair the malfunctioning train gates at 4:30 p.m.

Dunton, Vail, Walnut/Ridge and other crossings were affected.

Mount Prospect Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 2000 block of Cayuga Lane about 7:40 a.m. Sunday. Mount Prospect police arrived first and reported that the entire basement was on fire. Firefighters arrived and reported heavy smoke coming from a split-level single family home.

Just before 8:00 a.m. an extra-alarm was requested for a box alarm at the location near Camp McDonald and River Road. The fire was announced under control about 8:05 a.m.

Fire departments from Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Des Plaines, Glenview, North Maine, Palatine, Palatine Rural, Prospect Heights, Rolling Meadows, Schaumburg, and Wheeling assisted Mount Prospect Fire Department. Most fire departments were returned by 8:45 a.m.

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Daniel Plowman, 30, of Sheridan was killed in a rear-end collision involving two semi-trailer trucks about 9:30 a.m. Thursday, according to the Will County coroner. An autopsy revealed Plowman died from smoke inhalation in the crash on Interstate 57 between Monee and Peotone that caught his truck on fire.

The crash was the first of two fatal truck crashes of the day.

Three Killed in a 24-hour period on I-57
Later a fatal rear-end collision involving three trucks occurred on I-57 about 1/2 mile north of the Kankakee and Will County line. The driver of the semi-trailer truck that hit the other truck was killed about 5:00 p.m. Thursday and was pronounced dead at 7:20 p.m.

About seven hours after the second crash a pedestrian was fatally hit on Interstate 57 in south suburban Posen. Early Friday morning about 1:45 a.m. Illinois State Police responded for a man who was fatally hit on in the northbound lanes of the expressway at West 147th Street.

Scenes from the first crash on I-57 from Northern Illinois Fireground

Scenes from the second crash on I-57 from Northern Illinois Fireground

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Buffalo Grove police and firefighter/paramedics responded to report of a crash on Prairie north of Arlyd Road, and also a similar report near the 2200 block of Avalon Drive. Information was also received that Vernon Hills police terminated a pursuit in the area. Police and firefighter/paramedics arrived to find a one-car crash with a utility pole on top of it on Prairie, just north of Arlyd Road, and a police car up near the back of houses about 300 feet off of the road. A male and female suspect were in custody, likely in the area of the 2200 block of Avalon. The male and female apparently fled the car that crashed and were apprehended on the neighborhood street of Avalon Drive.

A total of three rescue-ambulances responded to the scene. A police officer possibly injured a hand.

Long Grove Fire Protection District sent and ambulance to assist the two ambulance crews that responded from Buffalo Grove Fire Department. Injured victims were transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center.

Traffic charges and possibly drug charges are related to the case.

Arlington Million 2010 Racing Results: Exciting finish with Debussy Beating Gio Ponti.

Irish-bred Debussy won the Arlington Million on Saturday, rallying to beat 2009 champion and favorite Gio Ponti by a half-length.This was the winner’s first North American start, covering 1 ¼ miles in 2:03.01 on firm turf.

Jockey William Buick steered Debussy along the rail from well back in the stretch run at Arlington Park. Debussy, owned by Darley Stud Management and trained by John Gosden, ran 1 miles on the turf course in 2:01.01 and paid $24, $8.20 and $5.60.

Gio Ponti returned $2.80 and $2.40, and Tazeez paid $4 to show.

Last years winner, Gio Ponti, ridden by Ramon Dominguez, was attempting to join John Henry (1981 and 1984) as the only two-time winner. Gio Ponti is owned by Castleton Lyons and trained by Christophe Clement.

The Arlington Million was the first thoroughbred race to offer a purse of $1,000,000 in August 1981. It is part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Arlington Million automatically qualifies for the Breeders’ Cup Turf. The “Million” is considered by many in American racing circle to be the most prestigious turf race in the country behind only the Breeders’ Cup.

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THOROUGHBRED TIMES Debussy upsets champion Gio Ponti in Million

VIDEO Arlington Million 2009
Entries: Thoroughbred Race, ARLINGTON PARK, 2009-08-08, Race 9: (Pgm-Runner-Jockey-Finish) 1-Einstein (BRZ), Leparoux, J, finished 5; 2-Presious Passion (FL), Trujillo, E, finished 8; 3-Just as Well (KY), Baird, E, finished 2; 4-Stotsfold (GB), Kirby, A, finished 3; 5-Mr. Sidney (KY), Desormeaux, K, finished 6; 6-Gio Ponti (KY), Dominguez, R, finished 1; 7-Gloria de Campeao (BRZ), Pereira, T, finished 7; 8-Cima de Triomphe (IRE), Lemaire, C, finished 4;

VIDEO: House under construction totally destroyed with severe fire damage to homes (‘exposures’) on both sides of the house [GRAPHIC LANGUAGE].

Video shows smoke coming from a house under construction that is located between occupied homes on each side. Flames erupt within two minutes from the second floor. The fire proceeds to consume the entire house. The video narrator comments on feeling the heat from one-half block away. The aftermath after the fire is extinguished shows a totally destroyed house with each house on each side severely damaged. One house appeared to only have siding and external structures damaged, but the other house had a well-involved second-floor and roof fire.

Checking on location and date of fire.

Photos courtesy Todd Sherman/YouTube.com/7089540230.

Frederick Conlon, 52, of Lisben, OH, was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:20 p.m. Thursday, according to the Will County coroner. An autopsy revealed Conlon died from multiple injuries sustained in a crash.

The rear-end collision involving three semi-trailer trucks occurred about 5 p.m. on I-57 about 1/2 mile north of the Kankakee and Will County line. The crash was the second fatal truck crash of the day.

Three Killed in a 24-hour period on I-57
Earlier a fatal rear-end collision involving two trucks and fire occurred on I-57 between Monee and Peotone. The driver of the semi-trailer truck that hit the other truck was killed about 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

About six hours after the second crash a pedestrian was fatally hit on Interstate 57 in south suburban Posen. Early Friday morning about 1:45 a.m. Illinois State Police responded for a man who was fatally hit on in the northbound lanes of the expressway at West 147th Street.

Scenes from the first crash on I-57 from Northern Illinois Fireground

Scenes from the second crash on I-57 from Northern Illinois Fireground

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Rolling Meadows Fire Department were responding about 8:30 p.m. Thursday southbound on Meacham Road to an emergency call with lights and sirens when a driver pulled over to the shoulder near Deep Woods Lane. The driver let a Rolling Meadows Fire Department Battalion Chief vehicle pass. A Rolling Meadows Fire Department rescue-ambulance was following with lights and sirens on when the driver pulled back into traffic to try to make a left turn into Dawngate Lane on the opposite side of Meacham. During the turn the driver hit the ambulance.

The driver of the car was cited for failure to yield when turning left; failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, and DUI-drugs.

Schaumburg Fire Department and Palatine Fire Department assisted Rolling Meadows to handle the original call and the crash scene. The citizen and a firefighter/paramedic received minor injuries.

A train incident just before 6:00 a.m. Wednesday was a ‘suicide by train’ incident by a Barrington High School male in the senior class. A 17-year-old Barrington High School senior was struck by an eastbound Metra passenger train.

Train #606, scheduled to arrive in Arlington Heights at 6:10 a.m. and Chicago at 7:02 a.m., was stopped at Barrington, just north of the train station, due to a pedestrian accident that killed the pedestrian. The accident occurred between Hart Road and Route 59.

Train #608, scheduled to arrive in Arlington Heights at 6:38 a.m. and Chicago at 7:17 a.m., was stopped north of Barrington due to a pedestrian incident that has temporarily halted train movement past the Barrington station. The duration of this delay is unknown. Metra will update this site as information becomes available. Announced 6:28 a.m.

Train #610, scheduled to arrive at Arlington Park at 6:43 a.m. (no stop downtown Arlington Heights) and Chicago at 7:22 a.m., was stopped north of Barrington due to a pedestrian incident that temporarily halted train movement past the Barrington station. The duration of this delay is unknown. Metra will update this site as information becomes available. Announced 6:35 a.m.

Train #612, scheduled to arrive Chicago at 7:37 a.m., is operating 20 to 25 minutes behind schedule due to a pedestrian incident not involving this train. Announced 6:48 a.m. Some trains are passing through Arlington Heights.

Train #614, scheduled to arrive Chicago at 7:41 a.m., was stopped north of Barrington station. The duration of this delay is unknown. Announced 6:42 a.m.

Extra Train Equipment Filled to Capacity at Arlington Park – Expressing to Chicago. The extra inbound train that departed Barrington has become filled to capacity at Arlington Park and will express to Chicago. Update 7:45 a.m.

Train #616, scheduled to arrive Chicago at 7:55 a.m., was stopped north of Cary because of the accident at Barrington station. Announced 6:57 a.m.

Departures
Train #607, scheduled to depart Chicago at 7:13 a.m. and arrive Crystal Lake at 8:35 a.m., was canceled due to earlier delays. The next outbound train scheduled was #609, scheduled to depart Chicago at 7:30 a.m. and arrive Harvard at 9:20 a.m. Announced 6:54 a.m.

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Doors on some of the trains were opened after the trains were stopped and people were getting off the trains to walk or find other transportation. Train #606 was due in Barrington at 5:55 a.m. The accident occurred sometime between 5:55 a.m. and 6:15 a.m.

Barrington police responded to the incident, which is under investigation with the assistance of the Major Crash Assistance Team of Lake County (MCAT).

Jurors convicted former Governor Rod Blagojevich of lying to the FBI, which is the only count against him of 24 counts considered. The federal jury was deadlocked on the other 23 counts against Blagojevich, and was also deadlocked on all four counts against his brother Robert Blagojevich.

The verdict was announced shortly before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday after 14 days of deliberation.

Maximum Sentence …
The maximum penalty for bribery conspiracy and false statements is five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. [FOR INFORMATION ONLY: A conviction of lying to the FBI associated with terrorism carries an additional three(3) years for a total of eight(8) years.]

Blagojevich, 53, had pleaded not guilty to racketeering, mail fraud, attempted extortion and bribery charges, and charges that he tried to sell or trade the Senate seat appointment for a Cabinet post, private job or campaign cash, and tried to leverage the power of his office for personal gain.

Arlington Heights police received a report about 2:00 a.m. overnight Sunday to Monday of a suicidal subject in the parking lot at Patton School Elementary School, 1616 North Patton Avenue. The male was reported to be non-violent with no weapons. Possible drug use.

Palatine and Arlington Height firefighter/paramedics responded with Arlington Heights police.

Arlington Heights firefighter/paramedics responded to check on a report of a downed power line in the 1600 block of North Arlington Heights Road. Power was out about 12:30 p.m. Monday along Arlington Heights Road near Lillian Avenue and near Palatine Road. A power line fell after a witness heard a transformer explosion near Starbucks at Arlington Heights Road and Lillian Avenue. The Wheeling Township building was without power in the 1600 block of North Arlington Heights Road. A power line dropped in the backyards directly behind the Arlington Heights Road addresses — Evergreen Avenue. A line was draped across the roof of a storage shed.

The Citgo gas station pumps also stopped working while the power was out.

Com Ed responded priority for businesses affected and had power restored shortly.

Neighborhood scene in front of Windsor Elementary School after Jeep Grand Cherokee crashed and rolled while hitting a parked BMW.

Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded just before 6:20 p.m. Monday to a crash in front of Windsor School on Windsor Drive, just north of Campbell Street. A woman apparently lost control of her Jeep Grand Cherokee and hit a parked BMW, and rolled the SUV while traveling northbound on Windsor Drive.

Police and firefighter/paramedics arrived to find the woman walking at the scene with the Jeep Grand Cherokee resting on its right side.

The woman received a minor laceration on her arm during the crash. She was not transported to the hospital. A police car shredded a right rear tire either at the scene or en route to the scene, but it was not involved in the accident. It was towed from the scene as the Jeep Grand Cherokee was towed from the scene.

Windsor Elementary School was not in session when the crash occurred.

There were three crashes on Windsor Drive Monday …
1. Windsor and Valley — a personal injury accident reported about 2:00 p.m.
2. Windsor and Suffield — head-on crash reported about 4:50 p.m.
3. Windsor in front of Windsor Elementary School reported about 6:20 p.m.

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Video of head-on crash aftermath on Windsor Drive at Suffield Drive in Arlington Heights.

Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 4:50 p.m. Monday to a head-on crash at the intersection of Windsor Drive and Suffield Drive. A Mazda 6 and a Honda Civic crashed head-on resulting in severe font-end damage with passenger cabin intrusion in the Honda. Witnesses were surprised that no serious injuries resulted from the crash. The two drivers were out walking around the vehicles when rescuers arrived. Paramedics checked both victims, but no transport to the hospital occurred. Both drivers were wearing seat belts.

The crash was originally reported at Windsor and Valley and then Windsor and Hintz.

There were three crashes on Windsor Drive Monday …
1. Windsor and Valley — a personal injury accident reported about 2:00 p.m.
2. Windsor and Suffield — head-on crash reported about 4:50 p.m.
3. Windsor in front of Windsor Elementary School reported about 6:20 p.m.

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Arlington Heights police and firefighters responded about 6:30 p.m. Sunday to a motorcycle crash at the exit ramp from northbound Route 53 and eastbound Palatine Road. A male and a female were injured in the crash with at least some ‘road rash’ injuries.

Unknown if any other vehicle was involved in the crash.

Fire-damaged Volkswagon Jetta: Firefighters stopped a well-involved car fire from spreading to an attached garage and house just after 2:30 a.m. Monday.

Arlington Heights firefighter/paramedics and police responded about 2:35 a.m. Monday to a report of fire in the garage and smoke filling the house in the 1200 block of North Pine Avenue. Firefighters arrived to find a silver Volkswagon Jetta fully involved inside the garage, with no fire extension into the house. The fire was struckout about 2:50 a.m. A silver Volkswagon Jetta was heavily damaged in the fire. The car needed to be towed out of the garage.

No reports of any injuries.

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Elk Grove Village Fire Department responded to report of a possible drowning at Busse Lake, 100 Busse Woods in Elk Grove Village. Elk Grove Village Fire Department put out a request for all MABAS Division 1 divers to respond to the lake at about 3:10 p.m. A boat was reported capsized with one or two victims missing during the last 30 minutes. Within minutes Elk Grove Village reported they had a victim out of the water and that paramedics were tending to the victim.

The victim was not transported to the hospital. After the water rescue, he was speaking with firefighter/paramedics, receiving an evaluation, and was reported to be signing a medical release form.

All responding mutual aid divers were immediately returned and released.

Arlington Heights police responded about 3:10 a.m. Sunday to a crash with personal injuries at Ridge and South. A black SUV crashed into a maroon Chevy Impala. The Impala had heavy damage and had to be towed on a flatbed. The black SUV hit a fire hydrant.

Unknown if any victims were transported to the hospital. No known arrests.