Crimes Notebook

At Least One Man Injured By Pipe Bomb Detonation in Vacaville, California

Sun Mar 27, 2011 03:21 pm aauthor

Authorities say one person was injured when a pipe bomb disguised in a newspaper exploded at a home in Vacaville, Calif. The victim was airlifted to a hospital, and investigators apparently found a second pipe […]

Vehicle Burglary in Progress Reported Near Thomas and Wilke

Sat Mar 26, 2011 06:53 pm Cardinal News

Palatine police received a report just before 6:30 p.m. Saturday of a vehicle burglary witnessed by a victim in the 400 block of North Wilke in Palatine (about the 1400 block of North Wilke, just […]

Jamie Hood Surrenders After Shooting Death of Athens Police Officer Elmer “Buddy” Christian

Sat Mar 26, 2011 09:55 am Cardinal News

The man charged in the shooting death of a Georgia police officer surrendered on live TV after he released the last four of eight hostages he was holding at an Athens apartment. The 33-year-old Jamie […]

Buffalo Grove DUI Arrest Lake Cook Rd and Hastings

Sat Mar 26, 2011 07:55 am Cardinal News

Buffalo Grove police arrested a DUI driver about 12:05 AM Saturday near Lake Cook Road and Hastings. The driver was transported in custody to Buffalo Grove Police Department Headquarters. The driver’s vehicle was towed to […]

Jail Inmate David Sidener Charged in Weapon Smuggling Scheme at Cook County Jail

Wed Mar 23, 2011 02:12 pm Cardinal News

David Sidener (Cook County Sheriff’s Police photo) Fails in bartering effort to get murder charge dismissed An Indiana man already behind bars on a 1st degree murder charge is now charged for his part in […]

VIDEO: Courtroom Outburst by Drug Defendant Orland Ocasio in Springfield, Massa

Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:39 am Cardinal News

An outburst in a Springfield, Massachusetts courtroom Tuesday left a packed room stunned. Twenty-six-year-old Orland Ocasio jumped over the bench and a table screaming and ran straight at the judge before he was tackled by […]

Archaeologists Find Layers of Bodies Buried in Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip

Tue Mar 22, 2011 07:45 pm Cardinal News

Survey helps find pieces of skulls, leg bones, burned caskets buried deep Bodies were dumped in an unused corner of Burr Oak Cemetery in far greater numbers than a 2009 criminal investigation originally found, according […]

Suicidal Man, William Ladew, Shot & Killed by Naperville Police After Charging At Them With Knife

Tue Mar 22, 2011 02:56 pm Cardinal News

Naperville police responded about 1:00 a.m. Tuesday to the 1100 block of West Ogden Avenue to a call from William C. Ladew of Aurora that he was intending to kill himself. After a woman friend […]

Cary, Illinois Donors Replace Stolen Girl Scout Cookie Sales Proceeds

Tue Mar 22, 2011 02:06 pm Cardinal News

Girl Scout Troop 1347 based in Cary, Illinois was selling cookies at a sidewalk in front of Walgreens at 500 W. Northwest Highway Saturday morning and gained proceeds of $417. But while the girl scouts […]

Stolen Taxi in Buffalo Grove on Miller Lane

Tue Mar 22, 2011 06:47 am Cardinal News

Buffalo Grove police responded about 2:00 AM Monday to a report of a stolen taxi in the 1100 block of Miller Lane. Police received a report that a cab driver walked away from a taxi […]

Worth, Illinois Man, Michael Carlson, Charged in Murder for Hire Plot

Mon Mar 21, 2011 05:44 am Cardinal News

Michael Carlson, Cook County Sheriff’s Police photo. History of threats against female victim leads to jail, and then an offer of money to “hit man” A Worth man is being held without bond after he […]

Cook County Sheriff Dart Introduces New Body Scanners at Cook County Jail

Mon Mar 21, 2011 04:55 am Cardinal News

Machines improve safety, provide officers with latest technology Improving the safety and security at the Cook County Jail for both officers and detainees alike, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart on Tuesday unveiled new body […]

Hundreds of Pills Seized from Home in West Suburban Bellwood: Brandon Floyd Arrested

Mon Mar 21, 2011 04:03 am Cardinal News

Brandon Floyd (Cook County Sheriff’s Police photo). Bond has been set at $100,000 for a Bellwood man caught selling ecstasy and other drugs from his home, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Saturday. Brandon […]

Cook County Sheriff Police Arrest Two with Truckload of Marijuana and Carrots

Tue Mar 15, 2011 07:53 pm Cardinal News

Two Florida men have been charged with smuggling more than $5 million worth of marijuana after Cook County sheriff’s police pulled over a semi-trailer truck in Elk Grove Village and discovered the drugs hidden in […]

Baseball Bat Battery: Altin Bajrami Charged with Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon Outside Raven Club, Schaumburg

Mon Mar 14, 2011 06:08 pm Cardinal News

Altin Bajrami, of the 1900 block of Prairie Square, was was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and aggravated-battery-with-a-deadly-weapon following a fight just before 1 a.m. Saturday, March 12, 2011 at the Raven Night Club, […]

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