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Animal Complaint: Three Dogs Being Loud While Fornicating Near Hintz Rd and Ridge Ave, Arlington Heights

Sun Sep 30, 2012 04:58 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police received a report about 4:52 PM Sunday an animal complaint at Hintz Road and Ridge Avenue. Police received a report that three dogs were being loud while fornicating on the north side […]

Piglets on the Loose at Heritage Farm on Plum Grove Road, Schaumburg

Wed Jul 11, 2012 07:41 pm Cardinal News

Schaumburg police responded about 7:20 p.m. Wednesday to a report that nine piglets were on the loose near Volkening Heritage Farm, 201 South Plum Grove Road. Beat car: “What’s on the loose?” Dispatcher: “Nine little […]

Oops, Customer Still in CVS Pharmacy at Irving Park Rd, Schaumburg; All Employees Home for the Night

Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:41 pm Cardinal News

Schaumburg police responded about 10:25 p.m. Sunday to a report that a customer was stranded inside a closed CVS Pharmacy, 1855 West Irving Park Road. Police received a report from a customer that all the […]

Morton Grove Fire Called to Rescue Woman for Clothes Stuck in Escalator at LA Fitness on Dempster Rd

Sun Feb 26, 2012 09:39 am Cardinal News

Morton Grove firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:27 a.m. Sunday to a report of a woman with clothes “stuck in an elevator door” at LA Fitness, 6821 Dempster Road. Firefighters first on the scene reported a woman […]

Female’s Tongue Stuck to a Pole at St. Raymond’s Church on South Elmhurst Rd, Mt. Prospect

Fri Feb 10, 2012 08:08 pm Cardinal News

Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 8:01 p.m. Friday to St. Raymond’s Church, 300 South Elmhurst Road to a report that a female’s tongue was stuck, frozen to a pole. The female managed to […]

A Bizarre Day Before Thanksgiving: Police Chasing a Chihuahua on the Train Tracks, and Woman Throws Oxygen Tanks at Husband

Wed Nov 23, 2011 05:16 pm Cardinal News

Animal stories dominate a bizarre day this Wednesday before Thanksgiving in the Northwest suburbs. Today’s B-shift on the police force started abruptly. Wednesday morning several dogs were running loose, including one little Chihuahua that had […]

Refrigerator Falls Off Truck on Rand Road; Mount Prospect Police Help Lift it Back to Truck

Tue Nov 22, 2011 01:33 pm Cardinal News

Mount Prospect police responded about police responded about 1:25 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a refrigerator that fell onto the roadway on northwestbound lanes of Rand Road west of Mount Prospect Road. The refrigerator […]

Bizarre Set of Emergency Calls in One Week for Suicidal Males

Thu Apr 7, 2011 06:00 am Cardinal News

Whether it’s a long winter, the economy or just plain inexplicable, there have been two bizarre apparent suicide attempts in the past week — one resulted in a death. It’s times like these that you […]

Red Car Driven on Northwest Highway with the Hood All the Way Up

Mon Oct 11, 2010 02:55 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police received a report about 12:45 p.m. Monday that a red car, with its hood up, was traveling westbound on Northwest Highway from Kaspar Avenue in Arlington Heights. The hood was reported all […]

Help Police! My Teenaged Son is Destroying the House Looking for His Cell Phone! … and More

Wed Aug 4, 2010 12:08 pm Cardinal News

Heard from around the northwest suburbs this week. Police responded to a home where the teenaged son was on a rampage looking for his cell phone — and apparently destroying parts of the house in […]

What’s So Special About the Water Backing Up in Your Sink?

Sun May 23, 2010 09:38 am Cardinal News

Sometimes the police have to answer some bizarre calls about suspicious incidents. Sometimes they turn out to be good leads, and sometimes they just seem a little too far-fetched. Last night Arlington Heights police got […]

Dog with Suspicious ‘Residue’ Odor on Paws

Mon Oct 19, 2009 03:31 pm Cardinal News

Mount Prospect Fire Department responded to the 1800 block of West Catalpa for the report of a dog that returned home with a strange-smelling residue on its paws — sort of like some type of […]

Husband Lets All the Air Out Wife’s Tires, So She Won’t Go Out

Fri Aug 21, 2009 09:35 pm admin

Wheeling police got a report of a domestic argument Friday night with the husband reported to be letting the air out of all the tires of his wife’s car so she can’t go out. General […]

‘Flaming Bag of Doo Doo’ on Front Porch on Canterbury Drive

Wed Aug 19, 2009 03:03 pm admin

Tension for kids going back to school? Arlington Heights police received a report about 8:30 p.m. that someone left a ‘flaming bag of doo doo’ on a front porch in the 700 block of East […]

Former St. Lucie Firefighter in Court for Taking Amputated Foot from Accident Scene

Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:51 pm admin

View Larger Map View Larger Florida Regional Map Cindy Economou, 38, accused of taking home Karl Lambert’s lower left leg from the scene of a two-vehicle collision on Interstate 95 at mile marker 118 in […]

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